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Is Onlive Pirating Windows and Will It Cost Them?

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-better-to-beg-for-forgiveness-than-to-ask-for-permission dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When Onlive, the network gaming company, started offering not just Microsoft Windows but Microsoft Office for free on the iPad, and now on Android, it certainly seemed too good to be true. Speculation abounded on what type of license they could be using to accomplish this magical feat. From sifting through Microsoft's licenses and speaking with sources very familiar with them, the ugly truth may be that they can't."

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  1. They applied for a site license by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it their fault that Microsoft didn't think they were literal when they wrote the planet Earth in as their location?

  2. Re:Are you sucking my frosty piss by Kamiza+Ikioi · · Score: 5, Funny

    and will you swallow? YES and YES!

    Not sure why parent was modded down... that's straight from a MS EULA.

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