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|  | Re: Articles you'd like to see. « Reply #15 on Jun 8, 2009, 12:21pm » | |
Jun 8, 2009, 7:10am, urbancinderella wrote:| You can talk about the project in the article all you want. But talking about illegally obtaining a copyrighted program is against TOS. |
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If you use a BOOT-132 CD you can install OS 10 onto a PC with a retail DVD bought by Apple, so why would we be talking about illegally obtaining a copyrighted program?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86#Boot-132
Quote:| Telling them how to hack it, is promoting an illegal activity. |
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Hacking is NOT illegal. The mainstream media confused hacking with cracking a long time ago. Real hackers are hobbyists, the Internet and the World Wide Web all have there roots in the hacker community.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)
http://hackaday.com/
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|  | Re: Articles you'd like to see. « Reply #16 on Jun 9, 2009, 12:20am » | |
Quote:| But talking about illegally obtaining a copyrighted program is against TOS. |
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Um... the only way we would be doing that is by telling them to go to a torrent site. They could, very easily I might add, waltz into an Apple Store, pick up Leopard legally, walk out, and have it installed on their Intel based PC that night.
Quote:| Telling them how to hack it, is promoting an illegal activity. |
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As Max said, hacking is not illegal. Hacking and doing harmful things is, however, illegal (as in hacking into government databases containing classified info, corporate espionage, etc.). And this really isn't hacking anyways. From what I remember, all the OSx86 project does is convince Leopard it is running on approved hardware even though it isn't. (which, after I reread this, makes me think it is actually a hack of sorts so... just ignore the last two sentences. lol)
So, again, not breaking TOS there. Let's just put it this way. If Apple, who will sue anyone for using their software or hardware against their will, hasn't made a move against this project yet... we are definitely in the clear so long as we don't post links on how to get an ISO or something (in which case that would have nothing to do with the project anyways. Even the project doesn't tell you how to get a free copy. They urge you to buy yourself one)
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