Judge for yourself:
Mac OS 9 Software License Agreement (Section2. Permitted Uses and Restrictions):
"This license allows you to install and use the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled or Apple-licensed computer at a time ... This license allows you to install or operate the Apple Software only on a computer system that came bundled with a licensed version of the Mac OS at the time of original manufacture."
... so that covers clones fine.
Mac OS X Software License Agreement (Section 2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions):
"This license allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time."
... so that excludes clones.
Clones are not, and never have been, Apple-labeled (unless you can tell me different). Apple has only ever licensed Mac OS X to run on Apple's own computers. All use of Mac OS X on non-Apple computers (such as clones) is unlicensed.
QED
There's a huge difference between running systems which are *unsupported* (this may be unwise, or imprudent, or professionally risky - but at least it's your judgement call) and running systems which are *unlicensed* (this is in many jurisdictions illegal - which makes it the authorities' judgement call). Of course, this doesn't bother me much, and I don't suppose it bothers you at all, but recent experiences have led me to surmise that there are some legal hotshots patrolling this list - so, clone users, watch out.
GWW
On Friday, Apr 29, 2005, at 15:58 Europe/London, dan_A wrote:
On Apr 29, 2005, at 2:50 AM, Gerald Wilson wrote:
...turns out to be illegal (or at least unlicensed...)
According to the small print of the Software License Agreement for Mac OS X.
Which is a bit harsh for those-list members trying to use OS X unsupported on Daystars, Umaxs, and PowerComp boxes. Now you're lawbreakers as well as optimists.
Still, the "good" news is that Mac OS 9 is still allowed on clones, so that's nice.
GWW
I have a Umax S900 running 10.3.9 and humming along quite nicely. You should also join the supermac list and go through the archives. It is not *illegal* to put OSX on clones. And if you *buy* the software it is licensed. It's just not possible to install unless you use an app like Xpostfacto, a brilliant installer helper, and make a few hardware changes. Panther runs very well, much faster than Jaguar on my machine. Of course I'm not alone... the supermac list had close to 500 active, helpful people on it for the last few years.
dan_A
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