From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 28 16:26:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF509106566B for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:26:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from feeder.usenet4all.se (1-1-1-38a.far.sth.bostream.se [82.182.32.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B42E8FC0A for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:26:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from [80.217.86.51] (c80-217-86-51.bredband.comhem.se [80.217.86.51]) by feeder.usenet4all.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n1SGQvVo068980; Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:26:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Message-ID: <49A965D1.7080309@bah.homeip.net> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:26:57 +0100 From: Bernt Hansson User-Agent: slrn/1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean Cavanaugh 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> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:27:00 -0000 Sean Cavanaugh said the following on 2009-02-28 16:25: > ------------------------------------------------- > From: "Bernt Hansson" > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:32 AM > To: "FBSD UG" > Cc: "freebsd-questions" > 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.