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by flinkerflitzer 671 days ago
That was a common clause that I encountered while researching the licenses for software with similar distribution models to the one I was targeting.

As far as I can tell, stipulating that end users must be running a validly licensed OS helps protect the licensor (me) in situations where a cracked OS with malware corrupts my software or compromises the whole system.