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From: act@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Andrew Turner)
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Subject: Re: Cnvrt MS-DOS 5.0 from 3.5 to 5.25 HELP
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.051611.1740@csc.canberra.edu.au>
Date: 19 Jun 91 05:16:11 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.235255.7928@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu> ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) writes:
>
>Well, here's some stuff from the back of the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade box I've
>got on my lap:
>
>  Install easily.
>    Whether you have one computer or one thousand to upgrade, MS-DOS
>    version 5.0 Upgrade is the best choice for convenience, security and
>    reliability.
>    * Upgrade previous versions of DOS (version 2.11 or later) to MS-DOS
>      operating system version 5.0
>    * Installs quickly, even from a network, across different PC hardware
>    * Is network-ready
>    * Is supported directly by Microsoft, making it easy for your whole
>      company to standardize on one version of DOS.
>
>This whole thing leads me to belive that *if* you're licensed for a
>copy of DOS for each machine you upgrade, you can use the upgrade as
>many times you want on as many of your machines as you want.

I hate hate to fill the bandwidth by adding to this thread but really some
people will believe anything. I suggest the following:

1. Read the plastic disk wrapper:
	ATTENTION! Use of the software program on the enclosed disks is
	subject to the trems of the Microsoft License Agreement printed on the
	License Card, in the multilingual License booklet, or in the user's
	guide. You should not open this packet until you have read the
	Microsoft License Agreement. By opening this packet, you signify that
	you have read the Microsoft License Agreement and accept its terms.
2. Read the License Agreement, which includes at 1. in many languages
   including Russian!!:
	1. GRANT OF LICENSE - Microsoft grants you the right to use one copy
 	   of the enclosed software program(the SOFTWARE") on a single
	   terminal connected to a single computer(i.e., with a single CPU).
	   You may not network the SOFTWARE or otherwise use it on more than
	   one computer or computer terminal at a time.
	4. DUAL MEDIA SOFTWARE - If the SOFTWARE package contains both 3-1/2"
	   and 5-1/4" disks, then you may use only one set(either the 3-1/2"
	   or 5-1/4") of the disks provided. You may not use the other disks
	   on another computer, or loan, rent, lease or transfer them to
	   another user except as part of a transfer or as other use
	   expressly permitted by this Microsoft License Agreement.

Paras 2., 3., & 5. further set this in concrete!!!!

The perverse are welcome to twist the above to justify their own needs but to
me it is quite clear!
-- 
 Andrew Turner  act@csc.canberra.edu.au
	Die, v:	To stop sinning suddenly.
			-- Elbert Hubbard