Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 18:08 UTC, submitted by JayDee
As if selling non-Apple labelled computers with Mac OS X pre-installed and licensing the technology to do so to third parties wasn't enough, Psystar has now moved ahead and has started offering its Rebel EFI package for everyone to buy and use. It makes it possible for just about anyone to install Mac OS X on a non-Apple labelled computer.
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RE: Psystar is trash, why support them?
by Thom_Holwerda on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 19:04
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RE[2]: Psystar is trash, why support them?
by darknexus on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 19:40
in reply to "RE: Psystar is trash, why support them?"
Member since:2008-07-15
Do you really believe that after the EFI-X debacle, as well as being in court, as well being scrutinised by thousands of raving mad Apple fans, they would really risk violating an open source license?
Why not? Legally, as of this moment, they're already violating Apple's license so why would any other licenses be safe from Psystar? Whether or not the clauses in Apple's eula are eventually ruled valid or not, at the moment what they are doing is technically illegal by the letter of the law. If they're willing to violate Apple's license, why not foss licenses too? I'm not inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt here.
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2007-06-12
their 'magical' boot loader is simply ripped off from the Chameleon hackintosh booter project which is free and being developed by the community, yet Psystar thinks they can license it to others for money and sell it to people?
i guess they also feel they can just sell hackintoshes legally too, so i'm not surprised.