On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Mark Sokolovsky <coolmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I do see a way that I can take the code from Leopard and put it in snow > leopard. > Then integrate Rosetta into the system to run the intel programs.
So you're thinking you are still going to use a lot of the Leopard kernel for OS X but run some (??) of the app only (??) parts of Snow Leopard using Rosetta? Sounds like a project if you're into that sort of thing. The memory that comes to mind is of a YouTube video of OS X hacked to run on a Pentium 3 vintage laptop. The video pretty much just ran for a few minutes showing a mostly unchanging boot screen. Eventually the guy shooting it lost patience and just shut it down before the boot even finished. Lot's of things of technically possible. Heck, in theory you could run Snow Leopard on a Turing Machine, no? > It's a longshot, but it just might work. Would that be illegal? Good Gravy! What in the world of corporate code is NOT illegal these days? I expect just looking at an OS X install disc and thinking inappropriate thoughts is illegal. A more pertinent question is would anybody care enough to come after you? There's no way to answer that for certain, of course, but I doubt it. Not unless you succeeded beyond your wildest expectations AND widely distributed the result. Even then Apple might not bother if it turned out there were enough hoops to jump through that it discouraged all but a small fraction of folks from actually using what you had hacked together. Apple ain't Microsoft. They have a different list of things they are obsessively paranoid about. -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
