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Date:      Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:26:57 +0100
From:      Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
To:        Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Ports on Macbook
Message-ID:  <49A965D1.7080309@bah.homeip.net>
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Sean Cavanaugh said the following on 2009-02-28 16:25:
> -------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bernt Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:32 AM
> To: "FBSD UG" <freebsd@rgbaz.eu>
> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <questions@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook
> 
>> FBSD UG said the following on 2009-02-28 10:50:
>>>
>>> On 27 feb 2009, at 13:39, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote:
>>>
>>>> Em Sex, 2009-02-27 ās 14:45 +0300, zaa@zaa.pp.ru escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 03:04:09PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hear that Mac OS X and later ones are based on FreeBSD. My wife is
>>>>>> planning to get a Macbook , which I don't quite approve. Mainly
>>>>>> because we need to pay for any upgrade or new add ons.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I use a free version of the Leopard based on darwin (freebsd6) named
>>>> "hackintosh"  it is the google,
>>>> it is free, and just works...
>>>>
>>>> You can even buy a "standard" notebook, and install.  I will transform
>>>> the notebook in an
>>>> apple leopard 10.
>>>
>>> Tha's, ehm, quite illegal to say the least...
>>
>> Of course it isn't illegal. You can run any system you like on your 
>> own hardware.
> 
> 
> unless you actually READ the licensing on OSX that says It can only be 
> installed on apple brand hardware

It doesn't really matter much what they say in their eula. If i bought a 
copy then i can do/install whatever I want since there isn't any 
agreement between apple and me. For the agreement to be binding I must 
sign a contract with apple.



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