Originally Posted by
Saab Dastard
As I understand it, besides getting an OEM licence with a new PC, you can buy a new OEM licence to install on a PC that you have built yourself, although this has always been a bit of a grey area. However, it must still be a new OEM licence - you can't buy a "2nd-hand" OEM licence.
Not quite.
*picks OEM license from shelf*
"To distribute the software or hardware in this pack you must be a System Builder and accept this license. "System Builder" means an original equipment manufacturer, an assembler, a refurbisher, or a software pre-installer that sells the customer system(s) to a third party"
i.e. you're not licensed to use it yourself, it has to be sold on to a 3rd party before use.
(and yes, the disties and resellers flout this by selling to all and sundry).