Bad news for Windows hackers. As we have already mentioned Windows 10 will be offered free of charge by the company to upgrade old systems (7, 8 and 8.1) only in the first year after their release. But a statement from Microsoft yesterday led many to believe that the new operating system could be available at no charge, even to pirates. The media began to spread the news and there was havoc in the ranks of the pirates.
A today's statement from a Microsoft spokesman in Ars, came to put things in place. The company explained that pirated copies of Windows will not be upgraded for free.
Let's look at Microsoft's announcement:
“With Windows 10, even non-genuine computers will be able to upgrade to Windows 10, but upgrading will not change the actual state of the license ... is still considered non-genuine even after the upgrade. "
“With Windows 10, although non-Genuine PCs may be able to upgrade to Windows 10, the upgrade will not change the genuine state of the license… If a device was considered non-genuine or mislicensed prior to the upgrade, that device will continue to be considered non-genuine or mislicensed after the upgrade. ”
Specifically, what Microsoft is trying to explain is that all computers with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10. It doesn't really matter if they are running genuine Windows or not.
Those using a pirated version of either operating system will be able to upgrade to Windows 10, but then they'll still have an illegal copy of the operating system that will be valid for a limited time. except if they pay a license and activate it.
The company's plan probably disappointed a lot of people who were hoping to get Windows 10 for free. But as Microsoft seems to be uses the Windows 10 to force them to buy a license, or break them.
