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Date:      Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:45:14 +0100
From:      FBSD UG <freebsd@rgbaz.eu>
To:        Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
Cc:        Sean Cavanaugh <Millenia2000@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Ports on Macbook
Message-ID:  <78FFD3B7-837D-4AC4-8550-7719C3BF738C@rgbaz.eu>
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On 28 feb 2009, at 17:26, Bernt Hansson wrote:

> 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 =E0s 14:45 +0300, zaa@zaa.pp.ru escreveu:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 03:04:09PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan =20
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hear that Mac OS X and later ones are based on FreeBSD. My =20
>>>>>>> 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) =20
>>>>> named
>>>>> "hackintosh"  it is the google,
>>>>> it is free, and just works...
>>>>>
>>>>> You can even buy a "standard" notebook, and install.  I will =20
>>>>> 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 =20
>>> your own hardware.
>> unless you actually READ the licensing on OSX that says It can only =20=

>> be installed on apple brand hardware
>
> It doesn't really matter much what they say in their eula. If i =20
> bought a copy then i can do/install whatever I want since there =20
> isn't any agreement between apple and me. For the agreement to be =20
> binding I must sign a contract with apple.
>

You're not buying the software, you buy a license to use it on one =20
Apple computer.




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