[OS:N:] Open source in Education - with senior citizens

[Brandon Dorman <brandonfpu yahoo com>]

Hi guys,

	I've been on this list since it's inception, actually Matthew Szuliak
even sent me an e-mail welcoming me to the list, that was pretty cool. 
(I'm a student, I took a four month break to counsel kids at a summer
camp from May-August).  
	I (in my spare time) train senior citizens how to use computers and
hopefully, the internet.  Yesterday I picked up donated computers from
the County of Fresno, California.  I was so excited.  They are Pentium 2
266's with 17 inch monitors, ethernet cards included.  I haven't fired
them up yet, but I know they also have windows 95 and some components of
Office Installed.  Over the summer I also got donated 5 old compaq
presario 166's.  I am planning on installing linux on at least some of
these.  Would it be legal, as far as you guys know, to make a backup
copy of one of the new windows machines (they were ghosted on there) and
then install linux. (I'm thinking Redhat 8 when i get it, actually).  
	I know as a non-profit when things are donated to us, we are still
under and obligation to follow the rules(and since right now my
organization receives donations and operates under the umbrella of the
school, if we got in trouble for something, the school would be the one
being prosecuted).  But what about this situation?  Would it be ok to
not use the windows licenses that were donated us?  Or if we decide we
need to install it back later, simply copy the image over there?  Hmm. 
There's no time limit, tomorrow (sunday) some friends and I are gonna go
over and set things up, we only have power for about 4 computers at this
point anyway.  I'll have to call the power company and get more outlets
in our facility there.  
	Hope the e-mail made sense.  There is a website describing some more
things at http://scdd.tripod.com  Feel free to vote on a name.  I need
to update it, it hasnt' been updated since I left before the summer. 
Thanks!

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Brandon Dorman <brandonfpu yahoo com>
Fresno Pacific University (Student)