Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:15:27 -0500 From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: "Bernt Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook Message-ID: <BAY126-DS58B054CE96DADF54DA1D0CAAB0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <49A965D1.7080309@bah.homeip.net> 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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--------------------------------------------------
From: "Bernt Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 11:26 AM
To: "Sean Cavanaugh" <Millenia2000@hotmail.com>
Cc: "freebsd-questions" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook
> 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.
>
read the license.
"PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ("LICENSE") CAREFULLY BEFORE
USING THE SOFTWARE. BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE."
http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/macosx.html
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?BAY126-DS58B054CE96DADF54DA1D0CAAB0>