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That's all true And he was not licensed to distribute Microsoft Software.


Interesting that this makes it illegal to download install media for a friend. So if someone locks themselves out of bitlocker, or the drive fails - they'd need to boot into a free operating system (say a live Linux distros that they could legally get from a friend) - and then download and make an install stick for Windows.

Because someone else lending them a ready-made windows USB key (from the free download ms offers) would be illegal distribution of copyrighted material.

So much for right to help with repair/fair use etc.




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