On Oct 8, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
I'm simply telling that you many people believe as firmly as you do
that Apple's claims are legally meaningless in their own
jurisdictions.
Only that what I wrote doesn't have anything to do with belief, but
with
what is written in the law. I even mentioned the respective
sections. If
you understand German you can read them online:
If you think that any law in any nation is that absolute, I guess
there are no reasons for lawyers and courts...
It is fine that you are asserting that you are 100% certain that
Apple's license agreement and anything within it is completely
invalid in Germany. Many people believe (or think, or claim, or
whatever term fits your fancy) that same thing, just as certainly as
you do, about the "law" with respect to these types of "agreements",
in the United States as well.
And the situation is apparently murky enough that no large/reputable/
enterprise company will dare to counter Apple or vendors with similar
agreements on this subject, or else it already would have happened.
And again, even if Germany really is the exception - i.e., what you
say is correct and that Apple's license is completely and utterly
meaningless in Germany, but only merely questionable in every other
nation where people make the identical claim of legal fact as yours,
we still will not have a virtualization solution because of Apple's
license agreement, nor will there ever be a supported, commercial way
to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware as long as Apple doesn't want
it to be so. The situation as a whole is murky enough that no one
will touch it.
Tell me: since it is technically possible to run Mac OS X on non-
Apple hardware, you must have businesses in Germany that support and
profit from this reality, given that German law is apparently so
clear on the subject?
- Dave
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