Amiga osX

[Stew]

  The point is the difference between Law and what is fair. Lawyers did not get the stereotype they have for nothing. They make the laws to keep themselves in a job. (I have a daughter finishing law school and she would agree).

    Same poin for the EULA. Is it legal to use OS10 on a non-Apple branded device. No  Is it fair to pay for it and be able to use on one. No

"can you buy a 10 person license and use it for 15? Is that OK? Can you buy an upgrade license for XP, and use it to make a full install on an OEM machine?"


  Noone would argue that this is unfair to the owner of the IP, as well as distributers ect..  But using a paid for , on one machine at time by the purchaser,  software seems fair to all. Unfair laws need to be changed. Perhaps this is the form of protest chosen by some.

   I have no desire ofr OS10 and am waiting for OS4 before purchasing an A1. If OS4 doesn't materialize so much for the A1. Feel sorry for the early adopters in that case.

Stew

[Stew]

At the end of the day, if I said that in order to use my software you have to comply with MY rules, no matter how immoral they may be, then I can inforce that because the software is mine (intellectual property).


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 While no one would argue that the producer needs to be compensated what ever they ask for their product (well excluding pirates), telling what kind of machine to run it on seems unfair. Was it Legal to dump tea in Boston harbour ?

  I don't know how many would obey a 25mph speed limit on the interstate. Silly example but that is how I feel when a stupid EULA is written. I have bought the product retail and everybody involved has been compensated . How is this wrong?

Note I am talking about fair and not the Legality of something.

[Stew]

Buying MacOS X is NOT Piracy. Running a purchased copy of MacOS X on non-Mac hardware is NOT Piracy but it DOES mean you are breaking Apple's EULA.

Piracy is stealing, but what applie saying that it will not support or condone use of MacOS on non-Mac hardware.

Please do not use word 'Piracy' when it does NOT apply here.

Anyway I doubt MacOS X would work on an AmigaOne or Pegasos anyway without some sort of hack...
 
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If that is true that would also apply in the case of running OS4 on a Peg. That would not be piracy either. I wonder what AI and Eyetech would say about that!
Stew