Lion License Agreement & Multiple Macs/Multiple People Household

I don't want to download the Lion installer more than once and I know to make a copy of the Lion installer before the installation.
At the same time, my "household" includes my wife, my daugher and myself.  We are all Mac users and we all have Mac App Store accounts.  I want to follow whatever rules are in place as far as the Lion license agreement is concerned.
Does anyone have any idea as to how to install Lion on the computers for each user in my household given what I've said above?  I want each person's install to be legal.  Also, my wife has two personal Macs that are always at home and a work Mac that she maintains.
What I would like is for each person to be able to pay the $30 to the App Store but then use a previously downloaded copy of the installer.
Thanks.

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