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[Jarulf]

Actually, it clearly mentions "just bought a license," with the main key word being "just."  It's very helpful to take an entire sentence within its own context rather than nitpicking a word which is sort of semantically null.

I quoted and commented on your whole section of text (in the first post). You then posted saying you had not mentioned license to use, so I quoted more specifically and now you say I should not have done that???????

  When you purchase a software license, just what is it you think you're licensing it for?  To NOT use?

You purchases a copy of the software, there is no need for any license at all to use it (although a whole lot of software makers want you to believe so, but please feel free to find in the copyright law were there is a requirement for it or any place that makes it not possible to use software without a license or permision from the copyright holder. That is all I have pointed out.

Of course, that's not even relevant, as your argument's actually incorrect; as the copyright owner, Microsoft can most certainly license the use of their software as a condition for distributing the software to a consumer

Again you are mentioning "license to use". There is no need for such a thing to use software though. If I have bought or otherwise got hold of the software (in most countries in a legal way) I can use it at will without needing a license at all since there is nothing that forbids me to do it to start with!!! If you know about such a thing in any copyright law (or other law) feel free to point it out since it would be interesting to know about it.