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		MaxBarraclough on April 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU court rules software transfer is a sale (2012) > Do you know for example weather you have licensed software to Judge so-and-so here? I'm not a lawyer but I don't think software licensing is legally required to work in this way. These days, OEM Windows licences bind to the hardware, not to an individual.

ComputerGuru on April 29, 2021 | [–]

Not to validate your argument but that’s for OEM (not to mention for Windows).

confiq on April 29, 2021 | [–]

I think it's was a conceptual comment

phkahler on April 29, 2021 | [–]

Yes, point being that it seems absurd for a company to claim it has licensing agreements with a large number of people but doesn't even know who they are.

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