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How much of these EULAs are actually enforceable though, and in which jurisdictions? Also, wouldn’t it be the end user potentially in violation of the EULA, no

How much of these EULAs are actually enforceable though, and in which jurisdictions? Also, wouldn’t it be the end user potentially in violation of the EULA, not the git repo provider? Edit: agreed about OS images, that does not look legit.

7bit 2y ago
GitHub repost are taken down all the time because they offer means to violate EULAs. See youtube-dl which was taken down couple of months back.
- hoistbypetard 2y ago
  This youtube-dl? https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl Did it get taken down again? The takedown I remember was a few years ago, and GitHub announced some policy changes to make it harder for that to happen when they very loudly reinstated it: https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/ https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/s...
nine_k 2y ago
Fair. But the docker image provider would be in violation, never having received a license to redistribute macOS images. Without these, the seamless usability aspect is gone, though the repo remains pretty useful because it automates all other steps.
- windexh8er 2y ago
  It's trivial to build these containers by grabbing the install images from Apple directly. Beyond that this is all covered in the documentation. I guess I'm curious why you're so focused on this violating anything? Apple clearly doesn't care as folks like myself have used it for years. Apple's target market is hardware buyers, not people who do things like this. If this actually impacted sales, sure - but Apple doesn't sell OSX anymore. As an aside the sickcodes work is great for people wanting to leverage Apple's "Find My" network with non-Apple devices by leveraging OpenHaystack [0]. [0] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack
  - rty32 2y ago
    I assume EULA is mainly intended for preventing companies from running Hackintosh at a massive scale than aimed at individuals -- although build your business/infrastructure based on Hackintosh is a very questionable business and technical decision by itself.

7bit 2y ago

GitHub repost are taken down all the time because they offer means to violate EULAs. See youtube-dl which was taken down couple of months back.

hoistbypetard 2y ago
This youtube-dl? https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl Did it get taken down again? The takedown I remember was a few years ago, and GitHub announced some policy changes to make it harder for that to happen when they very loudly reinstated it: https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/ https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/s...

nine_k 2y ago

Fair. But the docker image provider would be in violation, never having received a license to redistribute macOS images. Without these, the seamless usability aspect is gone, though the repo remains pretty useful because it automates all other steps.

windexh8er 2y ago
It's trivial to build these containers by grabbing the install images from Apple directly. Beyond that this is all covered in the documentation. I guess I'm curious why you're so focused on this violating anything? Apple clearly doesn't care as folks like myself have used it for years. Apple's target market is hardware buyers, not people who do things like this. If this actually impacted sales, sure - but Apple doesn't sell OSX anymore. As an aside the sickcodes work is great for people wanting to leverage Apple's "Find My" network with non-Apple devices by leveraging OpenHaystack [0]. [0] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack
- rty32 2y ago
  I assume EULA is mainly intended for preventing companies from running Hackintosh at a massive scale than aimed at individuals -- although build your business/infrastructure based on Hackintosh is a very questionable business and technical decision by itself.