Mailing Lists: Apple Mailing Lists

Image of Mac OS face in stamp
 
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: virtualization



On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Dave Schroeder wrote:

Also, Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server is only legally licensed for use
on Apple-branded hardware.

Not true for at least Germany.

Can you please post a link to or the text of the German version of the Mac OS X/Mac OS X Server license agreement?


- Dave

Answered my own question:

2. Nutzung und Beschränkungen.
A. Mac OS X Server Software. Der Lizenzgeber erteilt Ihnen hiermit das Recht zur Installation und Benutzung einer Kopie
der Mac OS X Server Software ("Mac OS X Server Software") auf jeweils einem Apple Computer.


<http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosxserver104.pdf>

2. Nutzung und Beschränkungen.
A. Der Lizenzgeber erteilt Ihnen hiermit das Recht zur Installation und Benutzung einer Kopie der Apple Software auf jeweils einem Apple computer.


<http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx104.pdf>

Looks pretty clear to me.

Now, if you're claiming that German law doesn't allow this prohibition, you can also make that argument in various ways in many other jurisdictions. Hobbyists and hackers all over the world have Mac OS X running on non-Apple hardware. That doesn't mean that it still isn't prohibited, and no one is going to make a business out of supporting it.

On the virtualization front, no reputable company is going to make a business or product out of something that may be prohibited by Apple's own license agreement. That's already how one US and one Russian virtualization company have interpreted it, and that's how others will interpret it as well.

- Dave

Attachment: smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

 _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Macos-x-server mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/macos-x-server/email@hidden

This email sent to email@hidden

References: 
 >virtualization (From: Maximilian Sichart <email@hidden>)
 >Re: virtualization (From: Dave Schroeder <email@hidden>)
 >Re: virtualization (From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <email@hidden>)
 >Re: virtualization (From: Dave Schroeder <email@hidden>)



Visit the Apple Store online or at retail locations.
1-800-MY-APPLE

Contact Apple | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.