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It's technologically doable, but running MacOS on non-Apple hardware is against the ToS.
by m-p-3 6y ago
It's technologically doable, but running MacOS on non-Apple hardware is against the ToS.
- enriquto 6y agoIs it? Anyhow, it does not mean that it is illegal, which was the original question. I guess most ToS are not enforceable in practice. The worst that may happen is that you "lose the warranty" of your macOS install and you cannot ask Apple for support. No big deal.
- The_Colonel 6y agoSo I'm not an expert, but isn't it still simply pirating software? I mean what's the difference between this and pirating Photoshop for example?
- userbinator 6y agoAdobe sells Photoshop, Apple does not sell macOS (and freely publishes download links for the latter.)
- The_Colonel 6y agoApple does sell macOS (as a part of MacBook, iMac etc).
- vlakkx 6y agoThe difference is that the cited shell script downloads software that the copyright holder himself makes freely available. It is like downloading binary freeware. The ToS are a separate issue, but I doubt they'd hold in Europe for example.
- thw0rted 6y agoJust because software is made available using a public web server does not mean that you are free to use it as you please. It's distributed along with a ToS agreement that governs its use. Bringing in words like "illegal" can be fraught because I don't think we've seen a court case (in the US at least) about exactly how binding a "click-wrap" agreement actually is, but there's no question that projects like the one linked upthread violate the terms of the software license.