[SOLVED] is talking about osx86 on these forums illegal.

[EnGorDiaz]

im just wondering if it is if not just say so :D

[pp.]

OSx86 (a portmanteau of OS X and x86) is a collaborative "hacking" project to run the Mac OS X computer operating system on non-Apple personal computers

Since the license of OS X is restricted to running the OS on Apple hardware, OSx86 is in violation of the license, and that in turn is against the CoC.

Iow, yes, it is.

[handy]

im just wondering if it is if not just say so :D

You won't have any problems talking about it over here though:

http://grubbn.org/omgpp/

[lukjad007]

im just wondering if it is if not just say so :D
:confused:
I must be missing something.

[RealG187]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756004

I don't think talking about it would be a problem.

But posting links to the hacked operating system that's copyrighted by Apple would be...

[cardinals_fan]

It's not "illegal", but it is against forum policy. You should take those discussions elsewhere (a not-so-good link was posted above, look elsewhere).

[-grubby]

You won't have any problems talking about it over here though:

http://grubbn.org/omgpp/

Yes you will.

If it's illegal in the United States it's against forum policy to talk about it

[Skripka]

If it's illegal in the United States it's against forum policy to talk about it

EDIT: Not so sure if it's illegal in the US, though.

The FIRST Rule about Fight Club is that you DO NOT TALK about Fight Club.

[-grubby]

The FIRST Rule about Fight Club is that you DO NOT TALK about Fight Club.

...?

[RealG187]

A EULA is not Law, and Apple's EULA actually violates Antitrust laws...

[cardinals_fan]

A EULA is not Law, and Apple's EULA actually violates Antitrust laws...
Until a high court rules otherwise, I consider an EULA a legally binding agreement.

http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dlother/mortensonopinion.html

[handy]

EULA's are usually very complex documents & can incorporate trademark law as I would think the Apple EULA's do.

[KiwiNZ]

Discussing the installation etc on any machine other than an Apple machine will violate the COC

[DeadSuperHero]

The FIRST Rule about Fight Club is that you DO NOT TALK about Fight Club.

+1 for that.

One of my absolute favorite movies.

The book was also amazing.

[nightfire117]

A EULA is not Law, and Apple's EULA actually violates Antitrust laws...

I was waiting for that, thank you! EULA is not law, and ironically, remember the commercial here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8)? A mere 24 years later, don't you think this is exactly what they've turned into, such cranky whiners they and their minions are, but I won't get into an argument about how it is-or-isn't-hurting-people-and-jobs-and-this-is-what-is-destroying-society-and-a-bunch-of-unrelated-crap-that-comes-along-with-dissing-Apple-because-you-get-practically-jumped-by-its-fanboizz.

Kinda funny, when you think about it it all comes down to rights over a bunch of 1's and 0's.

~Night

[cyberdork33]

such cranky whiners they and their minions are
There is only one person that seems to be whining here...

[bryonak]

Until a high court rules otherwise, I consider an EULA a legally binding agreement.

http://legal.web.aol.com/decisions/dlother/mortensonopinion.html

I'm not going to read that whole article, so you might want to sum it up for everyone.

Until a high court rules otherwise, I certainly won't consider an EULA a legally binding agreement.

A contract that hasn't been presented to me before the purchase is nil. At least that's the view in Europe, and the lawyers would have bend it an awful lot to make EULAs legally binding.

Ever realized that when one asks what the legal department of any company (me and my friends/family have worked in, that is) thinks of EULAs, the only answer is "ignore that rubbish"?


That said, we still respect the CoC ;)

[KiwiNZ]

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