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Big Sur's licensing states: 3. Leasing for Permitted Developer Services. A. Leasing. You may lease or sublease a validly licensed version of the Apple Software
by davidjfelix 6y ago
Big Sur's licensing states:
3. Leasing for Permitted Developer Services.
A. Leasing. You may lease or sublease a validly licensed version of the Apple Software in its entirety to
an individual or organization (each, a “Lessee”) provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(i) the leased Apple Software must be used for the sole purpose of providing Permitted
Developer Services and each Lessee must review and agree to be bound by the terms of this
License;
(ii) each lease period must be for a minimum period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours;
- sieabahlpark 6y agoWhat an absolutely stupid restriction
- kevincox 6y agoIt seems that if you could still buy macOS separately you could buy more copies than computers and lease these out for 24h while sharing the hardware with much higher granularity which would lower the cost significantly. However it seems that no version of macOS since Lion (2011) is available to be purchased standalone anymore. It is a shame that Apple forces such a wasteful and inconvenient process but it is more profitable for them and apparently they are legally allowed to do so.
- jjeaff 6y agoI suppose you could purchase older, broken machines that come with a license.