As per California Real Estate law, adverse possession is not as simple:
1. You must have paid taxes and expenses on the property exclusively for one full year. (Well, there's no equivalent for this one, despite service packs, and "subscriptions".) 2. You must haved lived on the property deliberately and openly. (All your neighbors must be able to visually identify you have been using the property. Suddenly "network neighborhood" would take on a new meaning.) 3. The owner of the property must have full knowle
(Since MS doesn't know you've been pirating their software, and they^h BSA sues all whom they catch, no such opportunity was ever present.)
Given the extent to which Windows tries to 'phone home' at every opportunity, I'd be surprised if they didn't have quite a bit of data on pirate installations from all around.
I'm not a sharecropper (Score:4, Funny)
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Since I haven't paid for a Microsoft license since Windows 95, I consider myself a squatter.
Well if you're still there by Windows 2007 you will have adverse posession and it will be yours forever.
Particularly since the landlord has done nothing to improve the property since you started your occupation
Adverse Possession in California (Score:2)
1. You must have paid taxes and expenses on the property exclusively for one full year. (Well, there's no equivalent for this one, despite service packs, and "subscriptions".)
2. You must haved lived on the property deliberately and openly. (All your neighbors must be able to visually identify you have been using the property. Suddenly "network neighborhood" would take on a new meaning.)
3. The owner of the property must have full knowle
Re:Adverse Possession in California (Score:1)
Given the extent to which Windows tries to 'phone home' at every opportunity, I'd be surprised if they didn't have quite a bit of data on pirate installations from all around.
Re:I'm not a sharecropper (Score:0)
No, your a software pirate. And if your a Linux advocate, you've just blown another big hole in your foot.