Vista OEM

SeanW

This is exactly what appeared on my OEM cover:

http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/Public/sblicense/2007_SB_Licenses/English.pdf

wakandem

I see that dabs.com are offering a free 1gig stick of ram with each retail purchase of vista

superscaper

wakandem wrote:

I see that dabs.com are offering a free 1gig stick of ram with each retail purchase of vista

Looks like flash, not ram to me (I did wonder why on Earth they'd give away ram which wouldn't be compatible with everyone's pc). Which of course doesn't matter because you can sell retail packs any way you like.

sco0ter

SeanW wrote:

This is exactly what appeared on my OEM cover:

http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/Public/sblicense/2007_SB_Licenses/English.pdf

It states that it must be pre-installed on a system if you are selling it on... SB license is different from OEM end user license. SB license is for people who build and distribute machines and therefore sell on the license.. These are not for individuall OEM end users . The end user OEM license is also included with the SB package to be passed on with the complete system..

Paragraph 4 section 4.1 tells you all about distributing the software license

espresso

superscaper wrote:

Looks like flash, not ram to me (I did wonder why on Earth they'd give away ram which wouldn't be compatible with everyone's pc). Which of course doesn't matter because you can sell retail packs any way you like.

What is ReadyBoost ?

sco0ter

espresso wrote:

What is ReadyBoost ?[/URL]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/readyboost.mspx

superscaper

espresso wrote:

What is ReadyBoost ?

I knew about readyboost, it's still flash and not ram though I don't think I've seen anything yet where they've managed to show any worthwhile improvements using it.

SeanW

I don't plan at this moment in time to distribute a licence, I have installed it on my own machine, therefore I have not accepted any licence to distribute a licence.

However, should I decide to let somebody else use my computer, or sell it on, at that point, I do believe that I am within the licence:

“System builder” means an original equipment
manufacturer, an assembler, refurbisher, or pre-installer of software on computer systems.

We grant you a nonexclusive right to distribute an individual software license only with a fully assembled computer
system.

I have pre installed Vista on a fully assembled computer system, to which I have stuck the COA.

I bought my System Builder pack from EBuyer, who have broken no licence, as they haven't opened the product, I have. At present, I have let nobody else use the system, so I have not broken the licence either. In future, I will have been the preinstaller, and possible refurbisher of a fully assembled system, to which I may distribute the licence.

sco0ter

Surely when you accept the SB license agreement you then agree to install and distribute the software...As a SB you are supposed to agree to the license to install and distribute it .. If you install it on your own PC then you are the End user and the End User OEM license states you should have purchased with hardware

SeanW

The above licence tells me about my rights to distribute it, but there is no condition which says I must distribute it?

There is no OEM licence I can see which tells me I must have purchased with hardware, just the System Builder Licence, and a separate EULA in the Windows Vista product.