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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows 10 Pro, $5 USD, Still Ripoff
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 02:16:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 10 May 2024 22:12:57 -0400, Joel wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 10 May 2024 23:10:21 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>
>>> My 11 Pro license is really just a 10 Pro one.
>>
>>Interesting. I can’t see anything in the EULA that actually permits such
>>a thing
>><https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/UseTerms/Retail/Windows/11/UseTerms_Retail_Windows_11_English.htm>.
>>Note the part where Microsoft reserves “all rights (such as rights under
>>intellectual property laws) not expressly granted in this agreement and
>>no other rights are licensed to you”.
> 
> A 10 key will work to install 11.

Note also the restriction against attempts to “work around any
technical restrictions or limitations in the software”.