Tiger and 5 college kids....
Since Tiger is coming out soon, 4 other mac users and I are talking about buying the "family" pack. It is cheaper than buying the student version by about 30USD. Since I believe that it only comes with one DVD and 5 registration codes, would it be hard to copy the DVD for the other four people? Would it even be legal for us to do that?
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Originally posted by realitydude001
thanks, I really wish they put disclaimers and such so that they were easier to find.... got to break the bad news now, bummer....
i applaud your respect for copyright laws!
Originally posted by realitydude001
Since Tiger is coming out soon, 4 other mac users and I are talking about buying the "family" pack. It is cheaper than buying the student version by about 30USD. Since I believe that it only comes with one DVD and 5 registration codes, would it be hard to copy the DVD for the other four people? Would it even be legal for us to do that?
I do not believe there are any fucking registration codes for Tiger., and there never have been!
Originally posted by Bill M
"...Apple-labeled computers..." ???
PowerMacs, iMacs, eMacs, PowerBooks, iBooks, Mac minis. It's not that hard.
Illegal copying suggestion quote removed - JL
not morally or legally... but technically there is nothing built into the OS to really stop you, other than possibly copy protection on the DVD.
Originally posted by Mr. Me
PowerMacs, iMacs, eMacs, PowerBooks, iBooks, Mac minis. It's not that hard.
Oh, ok... I thought it might have implied in some way that some sort of clones could be coming available soon... anyway, thanks for taking the time to share your intelligence and knowledge on the subject.
these boards used to be much more fun.
Originally posted by realitydude001
haha, thanks for all the pirating tips, but I want to keep this mac fairly clean as compared to my old Windows machine which was... yeah.....not clean....
Five college students do not count as being family, even if they all live in the same dorm/frat. Getting a family pak is, I guess a little bit "cleaner" than getting a single user license, but it still is not really allowed.
Originally posted by WhiteRabbit
Do Final Cut Pro and all those pro apps have copy protection on them? I have never installed that stuff, so I don't know. But as far as MacOS (and other general software) goes, Apple doesn't really care if people copy it, since they don't make their money from that. They make their profit from their hardware, and the software is just to complement it.
To say Apple doesn't care about software pirating would be ridiculous. That is why we see them going after the p2p guys who put the dev builds up.
Originally posted by WhiteRabbit
Do Final Cut Pro and all those pro apps have copy protection on them? I have never installed that stuff, so I don't know.
No, they don´t.
If you want to,you can download them, there´s nothing in your way to stop you from doing so.
Originally posted by WhiteRabbit
But as far as MacOS (and other general software) goes, Apple doesn't really care if people copy it, since they don't make their money from that. They make their profit from their hardware, and the software is just to complement it. [/B]
Full Ack - Apple gives a Sh*t about that, they want to make sure that more and more people see OS X in Real Life. Word of the mouth publicicty is the best one can have, and Redmont did this, too.
Dan: THese were Dev. Builds, and these people were under a NDA. THAT was the Problem...
Originally posted by WhiteRabbit
Do Final Cut Pro and all those pro apps have copy protection on them? I have never installed that stuff, so I don't know. But as far as MacOS (and other general software) goes, Apple doesn't really care if people copy it, since they don't make their money from that. They make their profit from their hardware, and the software is just to complement it.
Yes, Apple's Pro apps have serial codes and copy protection.
If they just wanted to make hardware they'd be Dell, it would be more cost effective. But, Apple is creating and selling the whole Apple experience, and I dare say that I don't think they are solely driven to do it out of competition or greed, but because they believe that what they are doing truly is the best and impacts the world in a positive way overall.
Originally posted by Bill M
I thought it might have implied in some way that some sort of clones could be coming available soon
I think it might be referring to running OS X on an emulated PPC like CherryOS or similar.