Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 03:24:22 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Cc: Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000@hotmail.com>, FBSD UG <freebsd@rgbaz.eu>, freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook Message-ID: <20090303032422.9490d9eb.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <49AC320A.5070203@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> <78FFD3B7-837D-4AC4-8550-7719C3BF738C@rgbaz.eu> <49AC320A.5070203@bah.homeip.net>
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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. 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. 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. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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