Are Hackintosh's legal?

[Aplits]

Is it legally fine to break Mac Os EULA?

[jmacphee9]

Is it legally fine to break Mac Os EULA?

i may be wrong but its more or less a breach of contract, apple could bring a civil suit against you...extremely highly unlikely, but no i do not believe it is a criminal offense. i hope i worded it right

[Alessandro17]

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=205396&hl=

[dothacker]

just like Alessandro posted, but let me quote it here anyways:

 

DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed below are mine & do not necessarily reflect the views of insanelymac or its owners. Secondly, I am not a lawyer, and the following is merely the legal position to the best of my knowledge, errors & omissions excepted etc etc.

 

If you have *not* legally purchased a copy of OS X:

 

Any installation is illegal, as you do not have any kind of license to the software. This includes *any* distro-based installation as these are pirated by definition, as well as *any* installation of 10.4.* Tiger, as this was never sold separately in an intel-capable form.

 

If you *have* legally purchased a copy of OS X:

 

It depends on the laws where you live, as regards software licensing, EULAs and sales/post-sales contracts.

 

If you live in a country that regards the EULA as legally binding (e.g. the USA), you are subject to the clause that says the software may only be installed on a single apple-labelled computer. Some people have speculated that placing an Apple sticker on your computer fulfils this obligation, although this has not been tested in court, I doubt it would hold up.

 

If you live in a country that does not consider the EULA or post-sales contracts legally binding, like certain european countries, and/or where laws protecting interoperability and reverse-engineering exist, It is most likely legal.

 

Hope this helps.

 

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