I am using the Media Creation Tool to download an ISO image of Windows 10 - the download is still running (as of 1659 July 24, 2016.
I will use that ISO to create an install DVD.
My question is: If I try to use the DVD to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2016, will it do a free upgrade?
Or does the installation itself have to occur before July 29th?
If it isn't obvious to you what the answer is, I'd call the Microsoft Marketing Department during business hours on the West Coast.
But my instincts tell me that they're going to ping a server at Microsoft, and that said server is going to have a clock . . .
. . . so, if it matters, in some significant way, whether-or-not the process will work after this date, I reckon you've got exactly one week to find out, "straight from the horse's mouth." :-)
"Don't guess, when you can ask."