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Everytime a Hackintosh thread comes up I wonder why no-one ever mentions that they don't have a software license to run OS X on that hardware. Excerpt from Sno
by JeremyChase 17y ago
Everytime a Hackintosh thread comes up I wonder why no-one ever mentions that they don't have a software license to run OS X on that hardware.
Excerpt from Snow Leopard license:
... you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so. This license does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, ...
- eli 17y agoAnd every time a EULA comes up, someone should mention that nobody really knows if that's an enforceable contract.
- anigbrowl 17y agoFuck the license terms. If people pay for the copy of the OS and are willing to accept that Apple will only offer support for OS X on Apple hardware, it's not really any of Apple's business what they run it on. For end users who don't have contractual relationships wth software publishers (eg special pricing deals, technology sharing agreements or whatever), those EULAs are basically meaningless; the moral rights of the software publisher are adequately protected by existing laws on copyright and so forth.
- Zev 17y agoHow many people that install osx86 actually buy a copy of OS X and then modify everything as necessary themselves? It seems like its far more common to find it online and then complain when it breaks.
- anigbrowl 17y agoI have no sympathy for such complaints, or even for expectations that Apple should support it on non-Apple hardware. I'm just saying that there is no reason for legitimate purchasers to lose any sleep about the morality of otherwise violating the EULA.
- elai 17y agoJust add an apple sticker!