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The problem with this is licensing: the macOS SDK license says that it's only to be used on an "Apple-branded computer". That said I wonder what Apple would do
by my123 3y ago
The problem with this is licensing: the macOS SDK license says that it's only to be used on an "Apple-branded computer".
That said I wonder what Apple would do if this is used outside of that case...
- joe_hills 3y agoApple ships extra stickers with their logo in the box with a lot of their products, maybe slap one on your computer and see how far it gets you in court?
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoWhich is why they changed the wording from "Apple-labeled" to "Apple-branded" around the time of Snow Leopard IIRC.
- thfuran 3y agoHow much could a branding iron cost?
- chihuahua 3y agoThis place [0] sells custom design branding irons starting at $93. 0: https://brandingirons.com/products/basic-fire-heated-branding-package-1-x-1 https://brandingirons.com/products/basic-fire-heated-brandin...
- anon-sre-srm 3y agoIt's cooler to use liquid nitrogen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze_brand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze_brand
- thfuran 3y agoI don't think that works as well on computers.
- prmoustache 3y agoNothing unless they can know for sure your machine is not a mac running Linux.
- threeseed 3y agoI used a Hackintosh for a number of years and Apple could have easily shut down the entire community with enough cease and desists. In fact there were engineers that helped provide valuable information. They don't mind what people do for personal use. Just don't try and turn it into a commercial product.
- pjmlp 3y agoThey have shut that down by moving into their own CPUs.
- apfsx 3y agoAny source or further information for what makes you say there were engineers that that provided information? I always suspected some of the people in these communities were engineers but never discovered anything for my thoughts to make it past just being suspicions.
- ericdfoley 3y agoSounds like that would allow a Linux VM running on a macbook