As was to be expected, Apple's legal team got busy concerning the OSx86 Project. Just days after OSX 10.4.4 for Intel got cracked, the project closed down its forum with the following notice: "We're sorry to report that despite our best efforts, the OSx86 Project has been served with a DMCA violation notice. The forum will be unavailable while we evaluate its contents to remove any violations present. We thank you for your patience in this matter."
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Has our society really gone so far?
That anyone would seriously attempt to compare these two situations.
copyright/dmca/patent/eula violations != plans for a pipe bomb
Have the corporations, **AA, etc brainwashed us to the point where we believe that the sharing of such knowledge is THAT BAD?!
I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the project, frankly that doesn't concern me. Some of the responses I'm reading does. Yes, some of what they are doing breaks the law. Just remember WHAT laws they're breaking and the penalties therin.
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There is nothing inherently bad about weapons. My chemical engineer friend and I were arguing the other day about how to make the most destructive weapon possible for $100 (after an episode of "Myth Busters"). A web page on pipe-bomb plans would've been useful in the discussion. Does that mean we're planning to blow up a building? Heck no! Exploding things are their own reward 
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2005-07-07
"I definitely understand Private Hacking vs. Publishing Findings. Thanks for that description. If they keep it too that it IS learning..."
And by sharing information, they enable others to learn.