The script is legal. Not paying for software that requires you to pay is illegal.
It’s like DeCSS code that strips drm from DVDs was legally grey but downloading movies you didn’t pay for is illegal.
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nullroot@lemmy.world 1 day agoI thought activation scripts were somewhat of a grey area legally?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
No, they’re illegal several times over as you’ve got to pirate the thing in the first place to end up in a situation where you need one, and then they’re inherently a DRM circumvention device, which are illegal to possess, and then using them circumvents DRM, which is illegal to do. The upside is that you’re unlikely to be caught.
nullroot@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
We’re talking about Windows ltsc aren’t we? microsoft.com/…/download-windows-11-iot-enterpris… the ISO is freely available on Microsofts website.