Licenses : eye opener

Though i kind of knew this bu this was certainly an eye opener.
When you are using OEM provided software then keep this in mind while upgrading the softwares. Here is an excerpt from an article i came across.

It all comes down to how many licenses you have and what type of use they permit.
OEM Software First, understand that if you are using an OEM license, i.e., from an Original Equipment Manufacturer, then your license belongs to your computer. In other words, if you bought a computer from say Dell, Compaq, etc., and a copy of Office came preinstalled with the computer, that license belongs to that computer, not to you. This means that you cannot transfer that software to any other computer. If that computer dies, so does your software license and the right to use that software. Kiss Office goodbye!

However, if your OEM computer came with say Office 2003 preinstalled and you want to get Office 2007, your best bet is to purchase the full version of Office 2007 and not the cheaper upgrade version. If you purchase the upgrade version and install the upgrade over Office 2003, then Office 2007 now also belongs to the computer, because it took over the OEM license. If that computer dies, so does your version of Office 2007. But...if you purchase the full retail version of Office 2007, which is not the cheaper upgrade version, you can then legally install it separately into another directory and still use 2003, which came with the computer. This is because you paid for the individual, full license so you're not required to upgrade the old version.

You can check it out at http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762

And if you go to this site take look around as well. Its a gold mine out there..