So I work in a large enterprise and any request I make to get software media (i.e. Win 7 CD) is scrutinized by legal types. In explaining my intent to build Win7PE (actually WinFE flavor) using WAIK/WinBuilder this section of WAIK license is questioned:
"Windows Pre-Installation Environment. You may install and use the Windows Pre-Installation Environment for purposes of diagnosing and recovering Windows operating system software. For the avoidance of doubt, you may not use the Windows Pre-Installation Environment for any other purpose, including without limitation as a general operating system, as a thin client or as a remote desktop client."
The conern is that I would be taking Win7PE and using it as a general OS to run my forensics tools, etc, perhaps even on computers that were never licensed for Windows OS in the first place (i.e. I may use it to acquire MAC or Linux hard drives).
I'm stumped how to respond to them as it seems to be true. Sureley someone has come across this before and have found a license statement that permits this - I am hoping. Otherwise I'm dead in the water, at least for use in my company.