Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Oct 2009 13:21 UTC
So, we have Apple who is paranoid about people installing legally purchased copies of its operating system on non-Apple labelled machines. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more ridiculous than that, we have a hardware company trying to prevent people from installing operating systems on its hardware. Wait, what?
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You've completely misinterpreted US law. Buying hardware in the US doesn't constitute buying a license. You're paying for hardware and you're getting hardware. Under US law, you're entitled to do whatever you want with the hardware you own. But Appple, in it's DRM frenzy and knee-jerk litigiousness hopes to make a precedent with companies like Pystar. And TI is hoping to capitalize on Apple's litigation to keep people from hacking the calculators they bought and paid for.
Under your premise, if you buy a car in the US, then it comes with a drivers license that only allows you, the owner to drive it?
Here's another example of your faulty premise....I buy a Chevy automobile and Chevy says that unless I put Exxon gasoline in the tank, then I'm breaking the law. That's just ignorant!