If you have upgraded your operating system from (say) Windows 98 to Windows
98SE, using the Windows 98 copy as you qualifying product for the upgrade,
you are _not_ allowed to give or sell the Windows 98 copy to someone else. -
it becomes part of your current licensed software and you must treat the
original Windows 98 and the upgrade Windows 98SE as a single licensed
product. In any case, you need your Windows 98 CD in order to prove you are
eligible to install Windows 98SE should that ever be required.

If you have upgraded your operating system from (say) Windows 98 to Windows
98SE but you used a full version of Windows 98SE to do the upgrade, and
Windows 98 was not required as a qualifying product, then you can give away
or sell your Windows 98SE, provided any special conditions are met, such as
not using it other than with the original hardware as some OEM versions
require.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Galen" wrote in message
...
In ,
Haggis had this to say:

ebay , flea market ...get a friend to burn you a copy ....not many
places to 'buy' a new copy

I'd stick with the first two options and in both cases make sure that the
copy that you get is not a pirated copy. The third option (though you had
ownership at one time) is illegal in most countries. While you may not get
caught in the process of doing so you'd still have to think about your
actions perhaps? Maybe you have a friend who's upgraded to XP and is no
longer using their copy of 98? If they no longer had it installed on their
computer they might be able to legally give you their copy. The EULA is
rather full of legal-speak for me to interpret but I know that it only
allows (under MOST conditions) for you to have it installed on a single
computer and to have a single backup disk. When the original is sold or
given away the backup copy must be destroyed (though I think you might be
able to give that to the same person as well, I don't see where there's
anything wrong with that but I'm certainly not a lawyer.) It's pretty
likely
that you can find someone who's upgraded and quite willing to give you
their
copy of 98... I know that I would certainly give away mine if someone
asked
me for it.

Galen

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"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes