site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Jul 30, 2009, at 10:16 PM, Amanda Walker wrote: _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... chroot() does not instantiate multiple copies of the OS. Not in and of itself, no, which is why I then talked about how to create a chroot without actually having to make a separate copy of the OS. However, the best method I could determine to do that involved hardlinks, and it didn't seem to provide the isolation that the OP wanted. If you actually copy a portion of the Apple Software into your chroot and then run it, you are running a separate copy of the a portion software, and thus I can't see how it's any different from what VMware does. There is no specific anti-virtualization provision in the license. The license specifically states that you have no rights to the software except those granted by Apple, and that Apple only grants you the right to use and run one copy of the software at a time. This is the provision that Apple believes prohibits virtualization. Given the wording and this interpretation, I can't see how running a copied portion of the software without creating a separate instance of the kernel is any different, as the license doesn't address such subtleties. I'm not *trying* to be absurd here, except inasmuch as I've twisted my thinking into the right shape to conform to what Apple believes their agreement allows. Once I've done that, I can't really see a difference between different forms of copying and running a portion of the Apple Software at the same time. If you think there is a difference, I'd love to hear your reasoning. For what it's worth, I wouldn't be kept up at night by doing this. I lost my license to use OS X when I made two backup copies of my hard drive, and have been running without a license ever since. So far as I'm aware, this hasn't yet caused the end of the world. -- Brian Mastenbrook brian@mastenbrook.net http://brian.mastenbrook.net/ This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com