Home Editions Of Windows Vista Won't Run On Mac Or Linux Virtual Machines

[Shawn Erickson]

On 2/2/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 2, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:
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> > On 2/2/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'd like to read the actual EULA.  The EULA that was posted for VIsta
> >> last Fall did not actually say that.  It said that you could not boot
> >> it in emulated environments running under Vista.
> >
> > Actually what is said didn't clearly state that... it left a lot open
> > to interpretation and only when favoring a liberal interpretation of
> > the EULA could you read it they way as you stated.
>
> It was pretty clear that you couldn't run it in a virtual machine
> running on the "licensed device."  The "licensed device" was defined
> as the machine that Vista was installed on.  Since my Mac running OS
> X does not run Vista, it cannot be considered the "licensed device."

Again a liberal reading of it...

-Shawn