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"They didn't respect the Author's (Apple) intent regarding their software." Huh, is there a law about respecting author's intents?
by thras 17y ago
"They didn't respect the Author's (Apple) intent regarding their software."
Huh, is there a law about respecting author's intents?
- slyn 17y agoAs long as EULA's in software are legally binding, yes.
- ghshephard 17y agoApple represents its intent with the License It distributes its software under (In this case, a restrictive commercial EULA). If Apple distributes NO license, then standard copyright laws apply. Standard copyright law certainly does not allow Psystar to resell duplicates of Apple's software. Nor does Apple's restrictive commercial EULA. And regardless, I think we can all view this case on two levels, what is correct by Law, and what we in the community think is reasonable by our guidelines. Some things that are considered valid by Law (The DMCA's anti-decryption clause) may be seen as negative by those in the community (In fact, by anybody who want to play the DVD that they purchased on their OpenBSD computer) In the case of PsyStar, I think they are stepping outside the Legal and the mainstream-free-software-community lines in their behavior.
- thras 17y agoThere's the EULA side of things, and there's the copying to RAM or hard disc side of things. That's why Apple won. Neither of those things have anything to do with "respecting the intent of the author."