On 2020-06-25, at 3:52 PM, Perry Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, at 3:32 PM, Michael wrote: >> (Apple's software license says I can run it on Mac hardware, right? It >> doesn't say that it has to be the raw OS, does it?) > > From the software license agreement for macOS Catalina [1]: "to install, use > and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software > within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or > control that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) > software development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using > macOS Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use" > > It reads like the host OS has to be macOS too. > > [1] https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSCatalina.pdf
Glad I have no intention of ever using it, then. That's 10.15, that requires the root drive reformatting, with no compatible driver for older systems, right? (Whether or not it's a better file system isn't the issue. 100% breaking compatibility with everything older is a bad move.) Also: Already running the Mac OS? Well, my system is running 10.9.5, so it is already running mac os. Having to temporarily boot linux for a moment isn't an issue, right? It's not like it says "is running on some version of Mac OS at the moment you install this", but even if it did, I could set up/install one VM while running Mac OS, and then boot to linux to actually launch the VM for normal use. If you think that's a silly argument, then look up why Gnu had to issue version 3 of their GPL -- different undefined "Of course it means X" terms got interpreted differently by different courts, possibly with less sensibility than this one. --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce
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