On Aug 30, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Joe Huber wrote:
A. Single Use. This License allows you to install, use and run one
(1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at
a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on
any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so.
B. Family Pack. If you have purchased a Mac OS X Family Pack, this
License allows you to install and use one (1) copy of the Apple
Software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-labeled computers at a
time
Updates: If an Apple Software update completely replaces (full
install) a previously licensed version of the Apple Software, you
may not use both versions of the Apple Software at the same time nor
may you transfer them separately.
There is some odd wording here to my mind. They say, one copy on one
machine but I actually have a couple of copies of various version on
this machine, if I connect up the various external drives that I've
made bootable over the years. My server has a bootable main disk and a
bootable external disk for failover. Does that constitute 2 copies of
the OS installed on a single machine? And why wouldn't I be able to
use 2 copies of my family pack to do that then?
I suspect rather that this pertains to virtualization. They dont want
you to virtualize those licenses into multiple instances. Though I do
recall something recent where they had reached an agreement for
virtualization with some vendor or other.
I like the idea of buying a used mac on eBay and then using your apple
license to instead install the OS on some massive window hardware. I
dont believe there has ever been any indication that apple gives a
darn about you breaking your license in that way. (at least not at the
moment, anything could change) After all what is the damage of you
doing that for your personal use, dont expect them to hand you support
for it though. But when a company comes along to do that on a
commercial scale, thats widely different.
Thanks,
James
James Sentman http://sentman.com
http://MacHomeAutomation.com
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