Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-13 Thread Richmond
On 09/13/2012 12:03 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: heh heh a little like, Ask 10 psychiatrists for a diagnosis and you will get 20 opinions. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. On Sep 12, 2012, at 1:36 PM, François Chaplais wrote: Put three lawyers in a room and they

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-13 Thread Richmond
On 09/13/2012 02:54 AM, Peter W A Wood wrote: Richmond On 12 Sep 2012, at 23:03, Richmond wrote: A bicycle cannot be used to brew coffee, and I am absolutely sure that anybody claiming that the fact that their bike cannot be used as a coffee-maker is in some way unfair would be laughed out

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-13 Thread Lynn Fredricks
On 09/13/2012 12:03 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: heh heh a little like, Ask 10 psychiatrists for a diagnosis and you will get 20 opinions. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. Now get on your bike and make me some coffee, Richmond :-) Best regards, Lynn Fredricks

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Alcibiades
to to it for a zero fee. The same texts are now available online (at least the recent ones). I do not know if this is true for other countries, but it makes sense, anyway. Best, François -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-EULA

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread François Chaplais
Pay yourself a lawyer, Peter, instead of trolling this list. It's not a judge's opinion on the law, but it is better than your mixture of ill supported arguments. Le 12 sept. 2012 à 14:59, Peter Alcibiades a écrit : The question isn't whether EULAs are contractually enforceable. As a class,

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread François Chaplais
as far as I understand, and for France only, laws are voted by the legislative branch, and decrees are issued by the executive branch. Decrees specify (or attempt to) how the law should be applied in practice. A law which does not have an applicative decrees will never be applied and is

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Peter Alcibiades palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: What is needed is an EU case in which either running the thing in a VM or on the wrong sort of hardware was ruled breach of contract and some kind of ruling made. I don't know of one. Maybe someone else

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Warren Samples
On 09/12/2012 08:24 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: There are other questions we can answer for ourselves, like: Do we want to enter into a relationship with a vendor who has already clearly expressed in writing that they don't want us? Forcing someone into a relationship just makes for an unhealthy

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: That's one question, and it may be interesting to see how it plays out if Apple ever enforces the Apple branded hardware clause in their EULA. Why is it assumed that Apple must be the one to go to court to

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: That's one question, and it may be interesting to see how it plays out if Apple ever enforces the Apple branded hardware clause in their EULA. Why is it assumed that Apple must be the one to go to court to enforce it's

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Lynn Fredricks
The question is whether some particular terms in a contract, whether entered into by EULA or other means, are enforceable and lawful in the jurisdiction one lives in. You bring up a interesting point here, and one I believe to be a growing problem in the future. EULAs are granted under the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread François Chaplais
There is another point which is is maybe overlooked by people whose official language is English. It seems to me that EULAs suffer from a vice de forme in the sense that they are often written in a language that is not an official language of the country where it is supposed to apply.

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richmond
On 09/12/2012 04:39 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Peter Alcibiades palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: What is needed is an EU case in which either running the thing in a VM or on the wrong sort of hardware was ruled breach of contract and some kind of ruling made. I

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richmond
On 09/12/2012 04:44 PM, Warren Samples wrote: On 09/12/2012 08:24 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: There are other questions we can answer for ourselves, like: Do we want to enter into a relationship with a vendor who has already clearly expressed in writing that they don't want us? Forcing someone

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richmond
On 09/12/2012 04:45 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: That's one question, and it may be interesting to see how it plays out if Apple ever enforces the Apple branded hardware clause in their EULA. Why is it assumed that Apple

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richmond
On 09/12/2012 05:48 PM, François Chaplais wrote: There is another point which is is maybe overlooked by people whose official language is English. It seems to me that EULAs suffer from a vice de forme in the sense that they are often written in a language that is not an official language of

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
Bit harsh, eh? On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:16 AM, François Chaplais wrote: Pay yourself a lawyer, Peter, instead of trolling this list. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
Do you know what the US Supreme Court would say if we brought all this before them? Has there ever been a case where Apple enforced this part of the EULA you object to? No? Then get out of our courtroom and stop wasting our time. Courts in the US cannot rule on something unless there is a case

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread François Chaplais
On the lighter side of things I like this (dark) cartoon. There is a blind beggar with a sign that says I am blind and my dog is dead. Somebody passes by and thinks I have worries of my own. Too bad binaries are off in this list. Well, let us say that I have worries of my own, and some involve

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Lynn Fredricks
There is another point which is is maybe overlooked by people whose official language is English. It seems to me that EULAs suffer from a vice de forme in the sense that they are often written in a language that is not an official language of the country where it is supposed to apply.

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread François Chaplais
there is also this one: There are two kinds of lawyers: those who know the law, and those who know the judge. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Lynn Fredricks
In the English speaking world there are all sorts of legal systems (just for example, crossing the border between England and Scotland one moves from some sort of homemade outgrowth of Anglo-Saxon law to Roman law) and all sorts of dialects. English EULAs are written in Cockroach, a

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/12/12 12:12 PM, François Chaplais wrote: there is also this one: There are two kinds of lawyers: those who know the law, and those who know the judge. LOL! I was staying out of this discussion but that was too good to ignore. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay |

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Roger Eller
No, they are not happy to abide; they don't even know that they are abiding by anything at all. Reminds me of this EULA... ;-p http://hunting.outdoorzy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/deer-baiting-corn-pile-castle-doctrine.jpg On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Richmond

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richmond
On 09/12/2012 08:19 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/12/12 12:12 PM, François Chaplais wrote: there is also this one: There are two kinds of lawyers: those who know the law, and those who know the judge. Well, here in Bulgaria the vast majority are the second type. LOL! I was staying out of

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Richmond
On 09/12/2012 08:34 PM, Roger Eller wrote: No, they are not happy to abide; they don't even know that they are abiding by anything at all. Reminds me of this EULA... ;-p http://hunting.outdoorzy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/deer-baiting-corn-pile-castle-doctrine.jpg Lovely stuff: that one

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
I think Lawyers are really good at what they do, because they have perfected the skill of ignoring evidence to the contrary. Bob On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:12 AM, François Chaplais wrote: there is also this one: There are two kinds of lawyers: those who know the law, and those who know the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread François Chaplais
Put three lawyers in a room and they will go out with five opinions. Le 12 sept. 2012 à 22:33, Bob Sneidar a écrit : I think Lawyers are really good at what they do, because they have perfected the skill of ignoring evidence to the contrary. Bob On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:12 AM, François

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
I posted it to Sign Smiles, but a clean version of it. On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Richmond wrote: On 09/12/2012 08:34 PM, Roger Eller wrote: No, they are not happy to abide; they don't even know that they are abiding by anything at all. Reminds me of this EULA... ;-p

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
heh heh a little like, Ask 10 psychiatrists for a diagnosis and you will get 20 opinions. On Sep 12, 2012, at 1:36 PM, François Chaplais wrote: Put three lawyers in a room and they will go out with five opinions. Le 12 sept. 2012 à 22:33, Bob Sneidar a écrit : I think Lawyers are really

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Roger Eller
What do you mean by a clean version? On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I posted it to Sign Smiles, but a clean version of it. On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Richmond wrote: On 09/12/2012 08:34 PM, Roger Eller wrote: No, they are not happy to abide; they don't even know

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
I looked up other graphics and found one that was just a sign, not attached to anything, like a tree, and really easy to read, and posted that instead. Bob On Sep 12, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Roger Eller wrote: What do you mean by a clean version? On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Bob Sneidar

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Peter W A Wood
Richmond On 12 Sep 2012, at 23:03, Richmond wrote: A bicycle cannot be used to brew coffee, and I am absolutely sure that anybody claiming that the fact that their bike cannot be used as a coffee-maker is in some way unfair would be laughed out of court. Are you really absolutely sure?

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Roger Eller
Whew! I wondered what strange interpretation of the wording had I missed. lol ~Roger On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: I looked up other graphics and found one that was just a sign, not attached to anything, like a tree, and really easy to read, and posted that instead.

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Peter Alcibiades palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I think the restriction on use is fine, because its just a product feature. Rev is perfectly entitled to have whatever features it wants. So it would then be perfectly reasonable for Apple to leave the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Roger Eller
In this age of digital perfection, legislation as well as digital coding are applied to personal, private use copies of over-the-air music or media. Certain devices which are authorized for making personal, non-commercial copies have already included royalties in the device cost, which goes

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread François Chaplais
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Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: Go into a store and buy OSX or Windows, you bought it. That, I believe, is what any EU court will rule if it ever comes to that, and that, I believe, is why it never will come to that. An unnameable source once told me that an Apple VP leaned over the table after a

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Lynn, the problem is that (I believe) in the EU the EULA so called license is actually going to be held, should it ever come to court, as a sale. And that all the post sale restrictions on use will be thrown out. Hard for me to add much to Richard's Bring it On ;-) But to expand on one

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Bob Sneidar
I can see in this specific case that it would be problematic for Apple to make their OS backwards compatible with everything ever produced by them. There has to be some kind of cutoff. I don't fault them for that. Where they draw the line is really not an issue of legality, but of expedience.

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread François Chaplais
Le 11 sept. 2012 à 21:47, Peter Alcibiades a écrit : I also believe that its impossible to enforce post sale restrictions on use in the EU. You cannot sell someone a chisel, and then when he opens it, have him discover the enforceable condition that if he uses it with a mallet, it must be

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Richmond
On 09/11/2012 10:45 PM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: Snow Leopard still seems to be for sale from Amazon UK, and Amazon France. What I am saying is that if its sold at retail as a separate item, and there is no compulsion on anyone to do that of course, I believe that no EU court will rule that to

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Richmond
On 09/11/2012 11:40 PM, François Chaplais wrote: Le 11 sept. 2012 à 21:47, Peter Alcibiades a écrit : I also believe that its impossible to enforce post sale restrictions on use in the EU. You cannot sell someone a chisel, and then when he opens it, have him discover the enforceable condition

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Peter Haworth
I think that's the crux of this whole discussion. If someone accepts an agreement of any sort that contains conditions that are illegal, then it's highly questionable if they are bound by that agreement, or at least by the illegal parts. I actually won a small claims court case on that

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Dupuis
On 9/11/2012 5:04 PM, Richmond wrote: The fundamental question that nobody has answered properly is whether a EULA is legally binding. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EULA. While primarily US focused, it lists a number of court cases. The short answer is a EULA is as enforceable as the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Lynn Fredricks
It's unclear to me why the fact that I buy a license to use software versus owning the actual software itself has any effect on what I choose to do with it. Either way, I pay money to Apple to be able to use it. That's a different issue than what the EULA says regarding not using it on

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
I find it no end of a marvel that any of this works at all! Let's look at what our data really is: We coat some metal discs with some form if oxide (read that rust) and then spin it real fast while several magnets turn on and off at exactly the right instant, real fast. And how do we put this

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
While I am not a big fan of EULA's, there mere existence is a testament to how people will, if they are allowed, take something they never paid for, and use it, giving what they took to everyone they know, or don't know, often for their own gain, whether in currency or for accolade. EULA's

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
To be fair, I don't think anyone is saying that we can do whatever we want with what we buy, and still expect the manufacturer to honor it's warranty! No one here is suggesting that. What we are suggesting is that if I want to put my iPhone in a blender to see if it will blend, I damn well can,

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Peter Haworth
Yes, I thought of that analogy. The problem is, as others have said on this thread, I don't believe Apple's EULA is legal whereas car lease conditions are. It's not a case of morality, piracy, honesty or any other human traits that have been mentioned during this thread. I simply do not believe

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Bob Sneidar
Or rather parts of it may be unenforceable. I don't think the whole becomes void if some part is found to be non-binding. Bob On Sep 10, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: I like Apple hardware and software, use it as my main platform for programming and personal use. I just happen

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Timothy Miller
An analogous situation exists with medical records. The doctor owns the physical record. The patient, in theory, owns and controls the information contained therein. In theory, when signing a HIPAA release, or other release of information, the patient authorizes the doctor to release the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Peter Haworth
You're right, yes I'm referring to the parts about running only on Apple hardware. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Or rather parts of it may be unenforceable. I don't think the whole becomes void if some part is

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Peter Haworth
Off the original topic but taht's interesting. It seems common practice among dentists to charge for a patient to get their records if they move to another dentist, but sounds like I could tell them I want to copy them myself. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Lynn Fredricks
I have no problem with Apple behaving like a business, they have a responsibility to their shreholders to do so, nor would I expect them to provide any support if I broke their EULA terms, nor do I blame them for trying to create a closed, sanitized environment for their software to make

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Or rather parts of it may be unenforceable. I don't think the whole becomes void if some part is found to be non-binding. Usually agreements have some statement that says If any part of this agreement is found to be unenforceable, it shall not void the entire agreement unless X occurs;

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: You're right, yes I'm referring to the parts about running only on Apple hardware. Pete What you are saying then is Apple can't even say there is minimum system requirement for their OS. There are many people who are very

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Roger Eller
There are car stereos that have a record button just like the cassette recorders of the past. Is it dishonest to press record and get a less-than-perfect mp3 recording that is perfectly acceptable to the listener (for free)? I don't think so. If I really loove the song, I'll buy a CD rather

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-10 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.comwrote: There are car stereos that have a record button just like the cassette recorders of the past. Is it dishonest to press record and get a less-than-perfect mp3 recording that is perfectly acceptable to the listener

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Roger Eller
In the printing industry, printing plate suppliers often provide trade shops expensive equipment at no cost. It is the 'consumables' they make their money from. So it seems to me that in our software world, apps and media are the consumables, phones and computers are the machines to process

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Colin Holgate
I actually don't mind the fact that Apple runs itself as if it was a business. When I worked there (1987-1992) there were a few lay-off occasions, and an ongoing rumor about being merged with Sony or IBM. There was a joke at the time: question: What would you call the company if IBM and Apple

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Eller wrote: 'Apple branded'... that is their hang up. They want to keep their users believing they are special because they own an Apple product. Well, once everybody has an iPhone, or an iPad, who's special then? It's like saying I own a TV. Uh, ok. We're way OT here, but that

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Colin Holgate wrote: I actually don't mind the fact that Apple runs itself as if it was a business. As a shareholder I rather like it. As a customer I use the dividends to shop at NewEgg and build my own systems. ;) Of course I honor the Apple EULA, so the more I learn about hardware and

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Eller wrote: A great deal of design consideration (on the inside) makes this case very desirable for gamers, and other high-end computer enthusiasts that build their own tech, regardless of what OS it will contain. The familiar MacPro-like handles make it desirable on the outside. It's

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/9/12 9:31 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: About the $20 to upgrade to Mountain Lion, I suspect that doesn't fully pay for the development of OSX, and that's with Apple just having to support a handful of computers. Imaging their costs if they had to support every conceivable PC configuration.

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Richmond
On 09/09/2012 08:40 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 9/9/12 9:31 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: About the $20 to upgrade to Mountain Lion, I suspect that doesn't fully pay for the development of OSX, and that's with Apple just having to support a handful of computers. Imaging their costs if they had to

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Warren Samples
On 09/09/2012 12:45 PM, Richmond wrote: I'm sure there are many factors involved, but I think one of the primary reasons Apple doesn't want the OS used on other hardware is to avoid the mess that Microsoft got themselves into by licensing to any PC distributor. By retaining control of both

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: What me? read a EULA? Unfortunately I'm not that wierd, at least in that respect I am like other people: I mumble Yeah, whatever and hit the ACCEPT button. As an attorney, I've written a simple program to take an EULA

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: I would venture to guess that Apple's justification for not allowing purchasers of OS X to run it on hardware of their own choice is that the price of the Apple-branded computer effectively subsidizes part of the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Warren Samples wrote: Richmond, you must be aware that there are all kinds of hardware compatibility issues one has to consider when contemplating putting Linux on any computer. Very true, Linux has to work harder than OS X or Windows because very few hardware vendors design their systems

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: Funny how Linux distros don't seem to get in the mess regardless. Why, I once even had a thinkpad for which Linux power management worked. Well, sort of . . . . An OS licensed only for apple branded hardware means

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Ken Corey k...@kencorey.com wrote: We all know companies make the T's C's to suit themselves as much as possible, giving as little as possible while gaining as much as possible. While we're at it: http://search.dilbert.com/search?w=shrinkwrapx=0y=0 -- The

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Kay C Lan
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:40 AM, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.comwrote: By retaining control of both software and hardware, it just works -- at least, most of the time. I think this is it in a nutshell. Although Apple has definitely used the 'underdog' tag, from my reading of the

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Roger Eller
As Richard mentioned earlier, the underdog tag was a fair description of Apples humble beginnings, but this is currently FAR from the case. I believe the real underdogs today are just regular people (techie people) who would like to run a great OS on hardware they can hand pick for themselves.

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 9/9/12 11:01 PM, Roger Eller wrote: Why can't a G5 owner take out the motherboard and install an i7 on an intel-based motherboard and then install OS X? The machine would still be Apple-branded, still able to connect to iTunes, still can purchase media and books, etc. But nooo! You have

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger Eller wrote: If a technically skilled user wants to build their own system and buy OS X for it, it should be allowed. A PC owner can continue to use most system components for ages, and just change out the parts as they break (or upgrade on occasion). Why can't a G5 owner take out

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-09 Thread Roger Eller
I wish somebody would tell Netflix this! I would live in Ubuntu if I could have my media too. I'm glad Android finally got it. ~Roger On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Want the security of a Unix-like OS with a modern UI, but one that can run on any hardware you

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Richmond
On 09/08/2012 04:35 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richmond- Friday, September 7, 2012, 11:55:01 AM, you wrote: I am running software I own Really? Didn't actually read that EULA, did you? What me? read a EULA? Unfortunately I'm not that wierd, at least in that respect I am like other people: I

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Roger Eller
I would suspect that until the populace of the hackintosh community reach a number which either threatens sales of Apple-branded hardware, or that community becomes a support burden on Apple, they will likely be ignored. Even the hackintosh community, in their own way, discourage software piracy.

RE: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Subject: Re: [OT] EULA and legality Good point Mark. Looking at my Snow Leopard EULA (as it differs from current EULAs) it says: 1 General. The software... are licensed, not sold, to you... You own the media on which the Apple Software is recorded... So I guess Richmond you are free

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Roger Eller
Speaking of bigger fish... I was wondering, just as Apple attacked Samsung for using proprietary 'rounded corners', and looking like something Apple designed, will they go after computer case manufacturers for being similar? What will these lawsuits do to the generic product industry?

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Peter Haworth
LiveCode Subject: Re: [OT] EULA and legality Good point Mark. Looking at my Snow Leopard EULA (as it differs from current EULAs) it says: 1 General. The software... are licensed, not sold, to you... You own the media on which the Apple Software is recorded... So I guess Richmond you

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Warren Samples
On 09/08/2012 09:34 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: It's unclear to me why the fact that I buy a license to use software versus owning the actual software itself has any effect on what I choose to do with it. Why is it unclear? Because you don't understand it or because you don't like it? You are

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-08 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Haworth wrote: It's unclear to me why the fact that I buy a license to use software versus owning the actual software itself has any effect on what I choose to do with it. Either way, I pay money to Apple to be able to use it. That's a different issue than what the EULA says regarding

[OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Richmond
I am asking this question for a number of reasons: 1. If I buy a book I can, if I want, use it for lighting a fire, throwing at the cat, and so on. As the book is my property I can do what I like with it. The intellectual property contained within the book is, generally, restricted by

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Colin Holgate
Can't really answer your questions, but I've had a similar situation in the other direction. In order to use Vista on my Mac I had to buy the Ultimate version. At that time only the Ultimate version came with the permission to use on virtual machines. So, it's the same deal as with using OSX on

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
Frankly, I ignore these kinds of considerations in an EULA. Send the software police after me. If I buy a PC that has XP on it, and later decide to switch to a VM because the old PC died, I do not have a problem importing that OS into a VM and using it. I am only using the thing I purchased on

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Colin Holgate
In the case of Windows, it's sensitive to the machine it's running on. A couple of times I've had to get in contact with Microsoft because I had increased the size of my hard drive, switched from using Fusion to Parallels (or vice versa), or upgraded my Mac. In those kinds of cases the OS stops

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Peter Alcibiades
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Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
From what I gather in some cursory searches, this is only for ARM processors running Windows 8 Mobile. Nothing stopping them from expanding on the concept though, except perhaps maybe the PC manufacturers refusing to go along with it, in which case consumers will need to reward those

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Kay C Lan
And people complain that Apple is a walled garden. I've never had that happen with any Apple products. As Peter said, unless you live in the State of California, then this portion of the EULA would apply: i. The laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts of law rules, govern this

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Mark Wieder
Richmond- Friday, September 7, 2012, 11:55:01 AM, you wrote: I am running software I own Really? Didn't actually read that EULA, did you? 1. General. The Apple software, tools, utilities, sample or example code, documentation, interfaces, content, data, and other materials accompanying this

Re: [OT] EULA and legality

2012-09-07 Thread Kay C Lan
Good point Mark. Looking at my Snow Leopard EULA (as it differs from current EULAs) it says: 1 General. The software... are licensed, not sold, to you... You own the media on which the Apple Software is recorded... So I guess Richmond you are free to use the DVD for lighting a fire, throwing at