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Re: Amiga osX
« on: August 02, 2003, 03:20:09 AM »
The OS X EULA is ...
-EDIT: Took out links to Apples Website due to the fact it violated their online policy.  Also being called schmuck has traumatized me for life and will be in therapy until further notice. :-)

Here is the Uses and Restrictions:
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2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. 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. 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.

B. Certain components of the Apple Software have been or may be made available by Apple on its Open Source web site (http://www.opensource.apple.com/) (collectively the “Open-Sourced Components”). You may modify or replace only these Open-Sourced Components; provided that: (i) the resultant Apple Software is used, in place of the unmodified Apple Software, on a single Apple-labeled computer; and (ii) you otherwise comply with the terms of this License and any applicable licensing terms governing use of the Open-Sourced Components. Apple is not obligated to provide any maintenance, technical or other support for the resultant Apple Software.

C. Except as and only to the extent permitted in this License and by applicable law, you may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, or create derivative works of the Apple Software or any part thereof. THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.


Here is where it states the type of Machine to run the software on:
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This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.

I think that this would be hard to prove in court for Apple for I could write Apple on my computer and it would be Apple Labled.
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(disclaimer) I am not an attourney and this should not be regarded in any way as advice towards what rights you may or may not have.  Also "Apple Labeled" may be covered in there legal paperwork covering trademarks and the such.

While we are on the subject here is the definition of piracy:
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Main Entry: pi·ra·cy
Pronunciation: 'pI-r&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: Medieval Latin piratia, from Late Greek peirateia, from Greek peiratEs pirate
Date: 1537
1 : an act of robbery on the high seas; also : an act resembling such robbery
2 : robbery on the high seas
3 : the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright
as stated in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.

I hope that this helps.

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I hope someone takes the baton to find out what Apples EU EULA is and what the legal ramifications are.