on 7/31/02 2:00 PM, william ahearn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > First off, if it's an Apple system prior to OS 7.6.1 > and not including SSW 7.1 (althought that restriction > may have been lifted), you can put the software on your > dog and your toaster and all your Macs without > infringing anything. It's all considered freeware and > while a case could be made for distributing the various > systems without permission (unlikely, but this is an > abstract discussion), you can use it without limitation. > > William > > -- Thanks for the response. To push the abstraction a bit further, let's say we're talking OS 8.1 and that it is on a computer bought and dragged in from a garage sale? How about on a stack of HD's pulled from computers bought at a garage sale? I practical terms, I don't think the Blue Meanies will kick down the door, but just suppose the "awthawitties" were looking for something to nail you with? Headline: NEW YORK MAN JAILED IN MASSIVE SOFTWARE BUST!!!!! Investigators discovered dozens of pirated editions of extremely valuable software in the apartment of. . .when all it was was a pile of junk HD's that you hadn't scrubbed? -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell
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