On May 12, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Baha Ata wrote:
> > As moderator said topic closed. We will continue if you like with > personal emails. I have not seen a moderator declare this topic closed. Dennis asked that someone please close it (because apparently he is obliged to read this thread against his will). > > Ask Apple: > > For example i bought two computer :) > > With system 10.5 > > One of them system disc lost? > > What will i do? > > Ask Apple: > > My neighbour got new G5 , i have a new G5, same model, same > production number... > > " i lost my installation disc? > > can i barrow from my neighbour :)" No, you cannot legally borrow it from your neighbor. Your neighbor would be violating his Software License Agreement (assuming he still has the OS on his machine). If you bought the computer new, there's a document that has the OS information on it. I have used that to replace a lost or damaged install disk (not the retail OS, but the install disk that I, the original purchaser, received with the new computer). Apple did that for me once upon a time. (It was 9.1, I believe, on my G4.) But that's not the situation described by the OP in this thread. You can get the software license agreements (in nearly any language) from this page: http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/ Here's the appropriate excerpt of the SLA for Tiger (from http:// images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx1044.pdf ): From 2.A: "This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. If you use Setup Assistant to transfer software from one Apple-labeled computer to another Apple-labeled computer, please remember that continued use of the original copy of the software may be prohibited once a copy has been transferred to another computer, unless you already have a licensed copy of such software on both computers. You should check the relevant software license agreements for applicable terms and conditions. You may make one copy of the Apple Software (excluding the Boot ROM code) in machine-readable form for backup purposes only; provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original." A couple of key clauses: "This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time" "You may make one copy of the Apple Software... for backup purposes only". Note, the OP of this thread does not have a license to the software. Further, this is from the rules page of the lemswap list: "Trafficking in wares and pirated software is illegal, violates the rules of the list, and disrespects the buyer. Only original copies of software may be sold on this list. This also applies to software 'left on' hard drives or installed on computers. Original software disks (not copies) must be included with the sale, along with manuals, serial numbers, etc." http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
