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(Unverified)Jun 24th 2008 11:30PM

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I wonder... would it still be illegal if I use this and put in my own key from my personally owned CD/DVD of Win XP? Think about it... I ~could~ slipstream all of this into my own install disk, making the same thing that's being provided. The only difference is that I'm being saved the trouble by some kind soul who did all that work for me. I guess the Fair Use mavens would have to fight that out.

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(Unverified)Jun 25th 2008 9:47AM

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I think the idea is that making the software available (and depending on who you ask also downloading it) is illegal, even if the downloader has a legal license for it. Don't ask me why that is -- I'd have to guess because you (the seeder) can't verify that they have a license before they download it from you.

Now, if they could just provide the files that *aren't* on the retail CD and a script for merging them and creating a new disc image, *that* would probably be legal. I'm kind of surprised they haven't.

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leeJul 1st 2008 5:27PM

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Well, theoretically, if you had a LEGAL volume license key and an XP pro license to go with it, you COULD download, burn, install, switch your key, and be legal. The legality is all about the license number that's in your registry - not Windows itself.

Also, you could just get nLite and strip out the same crap eXperience does, and have your own, legal install.

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