Re: When is a mac not a Mac?

[Markus Winter <markus_winter@online.de>]

>> Walk into a store and buy a boxed copy
>> Its not an upgrade (at least mine isn't)
> 
> They are all UPGRADES. Read the license. Apple has never sold a
> retail license to install MacOS nor Mac OSX on new hardware that
> didn't already have a license.
> 
> The only way to get a new license is to buy a new Mac. Anything else is
> piracy.

Microsoft used their licensing agreement to try and prevent people from
selling on their software (like Office or Windows) but that was declared as
illegal (at least here in Europe) - the manufacturer cannot restrict how the
user uses the software.

I think Apple will fall foul of the same.

Markus



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