Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:25:21 +0100 From: Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000@hotmail.com>, FBSD UG <freebsd@rgbaz.eu>, freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook Message-ID: <49AD21B1.6020208@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20090303032422.9490d9eb.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <630286c70902270134u18505882xbabf547190ae8747@mail.gmail.com> <20090227114529.GC91411@orion.ulstu.ru> <1235738361.6496.4.camel@lenzix.cwb.casa> <87DB90C7-3537-41A4-ABBF-C7682F0EE5F0@rgbaz.eu> <49A94AF0.7080603@bah.homeip.net> <BAY126-DS4439E519C86F5EB0F96F9CAAB0@phx.gbl> <49A965D1.7080309@bah.homeip.net> <78FFD3B7-837D-4AC4-8550-7719C3BF738C@rgbaz.eu> <49AC320A.5070203@bah.homeip.net> <20090303032422.9490d9eb.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon said the following on 2009-03-03 03:24: > On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:22:50 +0100, Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> wrote: >> FBSD UG skrev: >>> You're not buying the software, you buy a license to use it on one >>> Apple computer. >> Mostly semantics, if I name my computer "APPLE" Then it's "legal" to >> install. Crap, if I buy it I can install it on ANY computer. Does not >> have to be a computer named "APPLE" it could be "IBM", "HP" or any other >> brand or non brand. > > I think an important point is that you loose support from Apple > if you're not installing Mac OS X on Apple brand hardware. That may be. But i'm not talking about apple specificly. > As for the license agreement, if you buy Mac OS X from the shelf > (for example), you've not confirmed any contract-like agreement > with Apple yet, but you've purchased some rights already, for > example the right to burn the whole package (not a nice example > but I'm sure you get the idea); the EULA mentions nothing about > this (legally possible) behavior. Well, you have the right to make a backup. Is it that? > The Mac OS X versions sold along with the "Hackintosh" are no > illegally pirated copies, they're "boxes" from the shelf. It's > up to the customer what to do with it. Yes. Like with any digital file/s
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