To all those saying that making a hackintosh is illegal and a copyright violation. I would consider that a false assumption. Apple's EULA has not yet been contested in court yet for a decision to be reached.
However given that:
The Copyright office stated: “while a copyright owner might try to restrict the programs that can be run on a particular operating system, copyright law is not the vehicle for imposition of such restrictions.”
The Library of Congress: "The Librarian of Congress has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Persons making non-infringing uses of the following six classes of works will not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access controls (17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)) until the conclusion of the next rulemaking . . ."
The Federal Appeals court stated in regards to "keys" and "dongles": “The owner’s technological measure must protect the copyrighted material against an infringement of a right that the Copyright Act protects, not from mere use or viewing,”
Federal Regulators stated: “the activity of an iPhone owner who modifies his or her iPhone’s firmware/operating system in order to make it interoperable with an application that Apple has not approved, but that the iPhone owner wishes to run on the iPhone, fits comfortably within the four corners of fair use.”
I would consider it safe to say Apple no way of preventing hackintoshes other than attempting to block it in the OS. If contested in court the hackintosh would be considered legal as long as the software was not pirated. Nor would workarounds like the Chameleon boot loader, DSDT settings, modified kexts &c. The purpose of copyright is to protect against unauthorized reproduction and sale of works not how those works are used by the end user.
As for a sub forum for hackintoshes I am all for that. I know there are sites dedicated to that. There are also sites dedicated to digital audio, iphones, classic apple collecting &c yet Macrumors has forums for those. I would prefer using Macrumors for hackintosh help. As the community is much more helpful. When I was quite interested in building a hackintosh insanelymac was useless. No one would respond to threads I started with well thought and specific questions. I also think there should be a Windows forum as there are a lot of users here with loads of Windows experience but no appropriate place for questions.
Edit: Before Psystar is pointed out. They were making profit through unauthorized use of Apple's software. These rulings are in reference to the end user.
However given that:
The Copyright office stated: “while a copyright owner might try to restrict the programs that can be run on a particular operating system, copyright law is not the vehicle for imposition of such restrictions.”
The Library of Congress: "The Librarian of Congress has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Persons making non-infringing uses of the following six classes of works will not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access controls (17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)) until the conclusion of the next rulemaking . . ."
The Federal Appeals court stated in regards to "keys" and "dongles": “The owner’s technological measure must protect the copyrighted material against an infringement of a right that the Copyright Act protects, not from mere use or viewing,”
Federal Regulators stated: “the activity of an iPhone owner who modifies his or her iPhone’s firmware/operating system in order to make it interoperable with an application that Apple has not approved, but that the iPhone owner wishes to run on the iPhone, fits comfortably within the four corners of fair use.”
I would consider it safe to say Apple no way of preventing hackintoshes other than attempting to block it in the OS. If contested in court the hackintosh would be considered legal as long as the software was not pirated. Nor would workarounds like the Chameleon boot loader, DSDT settings, modified kexts &c. The purpose of copyright is to protect against unauthorized reproduction and sale of works not how those works are used by the end user.
As for a sub forum for hackintoshes I am all for that. I know there are sites dedicated to that. There are also sites dedicated to digital audio, iphones, classic apple collecting &c yet Macrumors has forums for those. I would prefer using Macrumors for hackintosh help. As the community is much more helpful. When I was quite interested in building a hackintosh insanelymac was useless. No one would respond to threads I started with well thought and specific questions. I also think there should be a Windows forum as there are a lot of users here with loads of Windows experience but no appropriate place for questions.
Edit: Before Psystar is pointed out. They were making profit through unauthorized use of Apple's software. These rulings are in reference to the end user.
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