2006-10-27 02:11:01 · 4 answers · asked by john l 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
it will not work you can only install on 1 pc with an operating system disk.
2006-10-27 02:13:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the strictest terms, when you install it, you must click on the " I agree to terms of the Users Licence Agreement" type of thing that is standard with most software. This only allows you to use this software " for you ". If you were to run it on 3 computers in your own home, for your own use, you would be in a grey area - you paid for the software, and thus are supporting the company, and you ARE registered, and supported, so that no one would really care.
Then - you ask " more than one ", and if this means your friends and family members around the globe, and posting the ISO on the internet, then you would have more than one registered user, and you are not supporting the Corporation, and this " can" and is, being done, with mixed results. - First, the corporation who is paying money for staff to develope the product is in " theory " loosing the money that it would have gotten if all the people you gave a copy to, had, indeed, paid. The second effect is that, the company gets huge amounts of free publicity, and, eventually, if everyone likes linspire, they will eventually start buying upgrades and products and telling other computer users about it, and these people will start buying it on an X percent basis...
Finally, there is the fact that there is a free version of linspire, AND the rumour that linspire is porting to UBANTU, from South africa, who are 100% free, and will send you the installation disks FREE, anywhere in the world. You can also download all the information and files for UBANTU ( which is based on DEBIAN, as is Linspire ), and install it yourself.
If you want fast, easy installation "now" with the ( lindoes ) linspire purchased CD, and want "registered" support, and want to support the corporation and the LINUX movement, I would "" IN MY OPINION"" have no hesitation in putting it on a few computers in my own home, for personal use. Handing it out to other outside you home defeats the spirit of "buying" a copy in the first place - just download a free UBANTU or hundreds of other versions like KNOPPIX, in the first place!
You may want to try the free version of linspire first to see if you like it, then purchase the registered version.
2006-10-27 10:52:15 · answer #2 · answered by cowgurl_bareback 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-10-27 12:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by hendoc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if it's only one disk. Why not just pay $8.99 for it?: http://www.clubit.com/search.cfm
2006-10-27 10:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋