Do i need to purcahse Mac OS X Lion again?

Hi,
I have been using Mac mini in my office since last 3 years and last year i purchased Macbook Pro for myself. Last month when OS X Lion was released i upgraded my OS X to LION. Soon later after few days i found that my MBP was not working, after showing it to engineers at iStore they said that the Logic board is faulty and need to be replaced, since it was under warranty i was not worried but soon i realized that What about the apps i purchased which include Mac OS X Lion too, but the engineer said it won't be affected. But then i have a doubt, what if my Hard disk was faulty/crashed and needed to replace with new, do i need to purchase Mac OS X Lion again?

no,
what you do is on the app store it is under purchased, but you shouldnt have to do that

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