At 5:44 PM -0400 7/17/2010, Mark Sokolovsky wrote:
is it illegal to put Mac OS X on unsupported machines?
For example, If I tricked the OF to install Leopard on a G4 Sawtooth
or tricked the OF to install tiger on a Bondi Blue iMac with no
firewire, is that illegal? Note: I bought the legit stuff and used
it on the machines.
Apple's licensing is very specific - the OS is only for use on
Apple-branded hardware.
WRT hacking a ***RETAIL*** copy of the OS to run on an Apple-branded
computer that it wouldn't normally be able to... Well, that's not
specifically covered by the license, so it's OK to do from the
license's POV. However, the DMCA makes it illegal to decode and hack
copyrighted software....
- Dan.
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