A friend of mine wants to give win7 a try but his very much afraid of legal issues when downloading it at torrents, Is there any other way to get a free and legal download of windows 7 for trial purposes?
I have managed to search for a free trial of windows 7, and found them at Microsoft MSDN and TechNet, however you have to be a subscriber in order to have the trial key which I think the trial would last between 90 to 120 days. If you asked me few weeks ago you could have it by now, but Microsoft has officially closed the release candidate subscription.
Read this article and this one for free RTM license explanation for subscribers.
Why don't you just mail your friend a copy of the DVD's? At this point, they are not directly available from Microsoft to the general public.
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