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by fckgw 993 days ago
You're breaking the license agreement (licenses are tied to the hardware and die with the hardware) but there's no technical limitations, no.
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poizan42 993 days ago
As I understand that restriction has been ruled invalid in the EU[1]. I don't know what the situation is in the US.

[1] Case C-128/11. European Court of Justice. USEDSOFT GmbH vs. ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORP

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animesh 993 days ago
Oh, wow. I did not somehow know that. What would entail if they were to enforce it? Do they even enforce this?
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fckgw 993 days ago
Not for consumers. Probably a big stick over the head if you tried this in a business. Get sued if you did this at a repair shop (pretty sure there's been several cases)
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