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Microsoft Pirating Their Own Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the piracy-is-eeeeeeeevilllll dept.

14ghz writes "Microsoft gave out copies of .NET Visual Studio Pro to attendees of the Microsoft .NET Student Tour. Despite the discs saying "UNLICENSED SOFTWARE -- Illegal without separate license from Microsoft", the freebie didn't contain any license document, and one guy decided to ask the MS conference rep about it. Read the in-progress story."

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  1. New business plan by Transient0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they've just decided to give out illegal copies of their software to everyone they can and then sue them over it. It's easier than getting them to trudge all the way down to the store and fork out a hundred bucks willingly.

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    lysergically yours
  2. not illegal, just license free!!!! by AmigaAvenger · · Score: 5, Funny

    start uploading those things!!! It is in writing that there is no license for those. Your typical license says, among a bunch of other stuff, no copying, distributing... Hence, no license, distribute all you want! Free as in beer!!!

  3. In other news: by mrpuffypants · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some guy in my dorm must work for microsoft too. He gives out copies of everything that microsoft makes on CD for free. All the programs have names like Verbatim, Memorex, and CenDyne.

    I've never heard of those programs, but they work for typing up term papers really well!

  4. Re:Not pirated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What was that key, by the way? I lost the sleeve of my copy that I, uh, also got from one of those events...yeah, that's it. (c:

  5. Re:Not pirated by ubugly2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    M1CR0-S0F71-54WU5-5YID1-OT5HA