Leopard priced at $129

[goobimama]

Don't you still need CS3?

Ah. I've just converted one my friends to a mac idiot. He downloads all kinds of stuff which I then get for free... meaning i got CS3...
Apple's more than just a fruit now

 

[aryayush]

OK, the jig's up. I know you wrote that blog entry yourself.

No kidding, I'm even half serious. Are you sure that is another person? *www.tachypic.com/image/14133.jpeg

 

[eddie]

In fact, I think mehulved might even be wrong.

Eddie is not wrong The licensing is known as Family Pack
*www.chaosmint.com/macintosh/articles/panther-licensing.shtml

The article is about Panther but it applies to Leopard as well (you can check from Apple store). Now the whole point is what does your conscience say

 

[aryayush]

OK, sorry for the good-up and thanks for the great news.

I didn't get the last sentence though... "what does my conscience say"?!

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

So, you're thinking -- "well, I just get 4 friends together". Well, technically, you can't. According to the terms you can install on 5 Macs at one time "as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that same household."

This puts all the mishmash to rest .

 

[aryayush]

Wo cares what the terms say. I'll do with it what I will.

 

[eddie]

I didn't get the last sentence though... "what does my conscience say"?!

This is mentioned in the link I gave

This means that licensing compliance is left to the conscience of the users involved.

So Apple will not stop you from installing the OS on 5 machines at different locations in any which way and it totally depends on your conscience. No activation or network authentication.

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

This is mentioned in the link I gaveSo Apple will not stop you from installing the OS on 5 machines at different locations in any which way and it totally depends on your conscience. No activation or network authentication.

but it does not mean that it is correct legally according to the license .

it's like saying it allright using pirated copies of softwares coz companies r not coming to yur home n telling u that it is wrong .

 

[eddie]

but it does not mean that it is correct legally according to the license .

I am not in this thread to give a lecture on whats legal or illegal. I just informed about a licensing method from the originating company about their operating system. It is on one's own self to decide what they want to do...not for me to preach.

We should be talking about legalities in a related thread and this is not the types.

 

[sakumar79]

Just the same as it is not allowed to encourage use of piracy (through this forum) in Windows and other software, using 5-user licenses by disregarding the terms of the contract is tantamount to piracy... Please keep talks of such to PMs instead of putting it on the posts...

Arun

 

[aryayush]

WOW! People really act weird on this forum sometimes.

 

[sakumar79]

Huh?

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Just one simple thing .

If OS X is as good as Macboys bring it out to be

then why doesn't apple release it for All x86(and x86-64) PC's n capture the whole market with such a good OS

NO they won't and they can't because then they'll know how hard it is to maintain drivers n compatibility with almost infinite combinations of hardware configurations out there rather than just make it compatible with a handful of configurations .

 

[nepcker]

Because Apple wants OS X to run on Macs only. It's like a USP of macs.

Mac OS was once allowed to run on other hardwares too, but with OS X, it is now only for Apple hardware.