LinkBack URL
About LinkBackswell slipstreaming windows is legal, and nlite is still aroundOriginally Posted by keef247
well slipstreaming windows is legal, and nlite is still around
Indeed, the license is what matters.
Illegal, unlawful, or just contrary to the EULA?
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
Just contrary to the EULA. And of that, is only the act of installing the 'custom install' disc on generic 'x86' which is contrary to the EULA.
Illegal under which British law exactly?.. The legality may be questionable under the US DCMA, but the US is a special case.
The original post was asking if it was legal, not asking for download locations. We have never had issues with people discussing things like this as 99.9% of people on this forum won't get steping over the line
In fact there are two "Fair dealing" exceptions in Copyright law, for purposes of non-commerical research, or for purposes of criticism or review of copyright material, it could be argued that under both these exceptions, a hackentosh install could be on the level, regardless of licence agreement terms. In truth, this issue is so complex, that even a team of lawyers would be puzzled over the legality of the issue, it really just needs to be tried in court, levied against an individual to be ruled illegal.
OS X is purchasable without a new computer. And is modifiable with other operating systems.
Last edited by aidanjt; 05-08-2008 at 11:51 PM.
The thread starter isn't intending to buy the wind for anything, he already owns one and is contemplating dual booting it with OSX. He has been interested in getting a mac at some point and this could be an extremely cheap way of getting a portable mac. Initial outlay for the wind / advent £250 + £15 RAM upgrade + £60 for leopard (USA). You will also notice that I removed the link to the wind forums (that didnt itself link to any downloads) to be on the safe side.
Did a bit of googling on the EULA, found this mentioned in quie ta few places
The legality of the hybrid Hackintosh is a curious thing. Apple hasn't set their lawyers onto anyone (at least, not that we've heard of). Indeed, the licence for OS X itself is a bit vague and open to interpretation, specifically the note that "this license allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labelled computer at a time".
Not a computer made by Apple, but an ‘Apple-labelled' computer - a computer bearing a label that says ‘Apple'. This could arguably be considered to include an Apple sticker or even a Dymo label bearing the word ‘Apple'!
Soooo wheres that marker pen
Last edited by Flibb; 06-08-2008 at 12:31 AM.
Except that marking a computer not made by Apple as if it was would be counterfeiting.
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")
Been helped or just 'Like' a post? Use the Thanks button!
My broadband speed - 750 Meganibbles/minute
I wa thinking more of brambley apple, on a more serious note quie ta few pople are putting apple wifi cards in these to get wifi working in OSX. Anybody do apple inside stickers?
95% Apple Compatable?
throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)
I don't know if you guys have been following the whole PsyStar Mac Clone stories in the US. Apple rightly has been careful in how they go after PsyStar incase it ends up invalidating their own EULA. That is to say, if I agree to legal license inside the box by opening box how is that legal. It's like saying I must agree to a legal contract to read what it is I am agreeing to.
I don't doubt that Apple will get it's way, but if by some fluke it call's in to question the whole legality of EULAs it may mean exciting times a head for the more restrictly EULA'd software.
Something like this maybe?
Beginners guide to raid Beginners guide to raid post edition Hexus.Social - FAQ
I briefly considered building a Hackintosh before I got my iMac. IMHO one of the things which OSX brings to the table is rock solid stability. Apple know exactly what very small subset of hardware they need to support. If you start adding to that, and hacking the OS, you potentially make it far less stable.
zdnet = USian, CNet = USian. Again, US law isn't British law. And even in the US the legality is only *questionable*.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote