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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. Re:Test of the Emergency "THEM" network detectors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great, thank you. My looney rant quota for today was a bit low,