Ports on Macbook

[FBSD UG]

On 28 feb 2009, at 17:26, Bernt Hansson wrote:

> Sean Cavanaugh said the following on 2009-02-28 16:25:
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Bernt Hansson" <bernt at bah.homeip.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:32 AM
>> To: "FBSD UG" <freebsd at rgbaz.eu>
>> Cc: "freebsd-questions" <questions at freebsd.org>
>> Subject: Re: Ports on Macbook
>>> FBSD UG said the following on 2009-02-28 10:50:
>>>>
>>>> On 27 feb 2009, at 13:39, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Em Sex, 2009-02-27 às 14:45 +0300, zaa at zaa.pp.ru escreveu:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 03:04:09PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayan  
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hear that Mac OS X and later ones are based on FreeBSD. My  
>>>>>>> wife is
>>>>>>> planning to get a Macbook , which I don't quite approve. Mainly
>>>>>>> because we need to pay for any upgrade or new add ons.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I use a free version of the Leopard based on darwin (freebsd6)  
>>>>> named
>>>>> "hackintosh"  it is the google,
>>>>> it is free, and just works...
>>>>>
>>>>> You can even buy a "standard" notebook, and install.  I will  
>>>>> transform
>>>>> the notebook in an
>>>>> apple leopard 10.
>>>>
>>>> Tha's, ehm, quite illegal to say the least...
>>>
>>> Of course it isn't illegal. You can run any system you like on  
>>> your own hardware.
>> unless you actually READ the licensing on OSX that says It can only  
>> be installed on apple brand hardware
>
> It doesn't really matter much what they say in their eula. If i  
> bought a copy then i can do/install whatever I want since there  
> isn't any agreement between apple and me. For the agreement to be  
> binding I must sign a contract with apple.
>

You're not buying the software, you buy a license to use it on one  
Apple computer.