Family pack or 1 install

Just for the uninitiated, I am unsure of the differences between the family pack and the 1 install version of Leopard.
I have a Macbook, Imac and a Mac Mini.
Can I use the 1 install to put the software on the computers or do I really have to pay £40 odd more pounds for a multi install?
Thanks

wickerman1974,
...or do I really have to pay £40 odd more pounds for a multi install?
Please allow me to support Templeton Peck's comments.
Yes, you legally have to pay £40 odd more pounds for a multi install.
Buying a Leopard or five: Do the right thing! Support the developers of software you use and enjoy by paying for legal copies. If it’s shareware, buy it. If it’s donation-ware, donate something. Violate that trust long enough and you’ll end up with Vista - expensive and complicated. And based on the sales and adoption of Vista, it’s clear nobody wants that.
;~)

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