Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Mon 21st Jul 2008 14:35 UTC, submitted by Thom_Holwerda
Law and Order We covered earlier about Apple suing Psystar the creator of Open Computer. Now we have more details of the complaint . Apple's complaint is now available online (registration required).
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RE[5]: F... rickey Apple
by lurch_mojoff on Mon 21st Jul 2008 16:32 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: F... rickey Apple"
lurch_mojoff
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2007-05-12

Pystar legally bought each copy -- Apple has been fully compensated for use of their patented (and copyrighted) property.

No, Apple are not fully compensated - the pricing of Mac OS X assumes that the stipulations of the EULA are obeyed. For example (not based on facts, but a realistic hypothetical case) Apple make $200 per copy, $70 of which are calculated in the price of a new Mac (totaling $270 for software) and the rest $130 - the retail price of the upgrade copy.

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RE[6]: F... rickey Apple
by tupp on Mon 21st Jul 2008 18:41 in reply to "RE[5]: F... rickey Apple"
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2006-11-12

An interesting point. I am not sure why you are being modded down (I would mod you up if OS News would allow it).

However, if Apple sells OSX in a separate box, I don't see how they can prevent someone from using it on the hardware one chooses.

Also, it would be foolhardy for Apple to offset the OSX price in an assumed new hardware purchase. One might install it on an older Mac (which would not go against the EULA).

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