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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by sqeaky on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @01:09PM (#14411566)
Apple doesn't write laws and someone with no contract with is not bound by their rules.

If you acquired Mac OS X legally how would this be illegal? I will admit acquiring it legally could be tricky, but that is not what we were calling illegal was it?

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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by khedoros1 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:26PM (#14412262)
Breach of the terms under which the OS was licensed to you. You can acquire the software legally pretty easily: buy a box in one of their retail stores.

The (mostly-untested) theory is that clicking "I agree" on the license is a legally-binding contract between you and Apple. The Mac OSX license repeatedly says that a requirement of the use of the software is that it be used on Apple-branded hardware.

So, "illegal" based on unlicensed use of copyrighted material or based on breach of contract. At least, that's how I understand the argument.

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