Mac OSX License and System Restore

Hi!
I have a Macbook 5.2 bought in 2009. The default OS is Leopard. When Snow Leopard was put on the market, a friend of mine bought a 4-licenses copy of Snow Leopard and gave me one of these 4 licenses.
Some month ago I decided to buy a copy (single) of snow Leopard for me, just to have it if necessary, without asking the license number to my friend. Yesterday I restored the Macbook system to the factory settings using the default OS (the Leopard cd found in the box) and after that I upgraded to Snow Leopard with my new copy. Suddenly, this unexpected massage appeared: “you are using this license on three different computers” (or something very similar).
I really don’t understand! It was the first time I restored the system. And, anyway, with another copy of Snow Leopard!
Now I want to sell my Macbook and buy the new Macbook Pro. I’d like to sell the Snow Leopard license to, but now I don’t know if it’s a good idea…
Can someone give me some suggestions?
Thank you so much!
Manu

Your friend should not have given you the Snow Leopard license unless he knew it was one he could really give.  You should buy an individual license for Snow Leopard and sell the CD of Snow Leopard with the computer.  It should look like * and not say Upgrade, Dropin, or OEM.  Also before selling the machine, read my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/selling.html

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