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Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox

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Re: Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox

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Post by josteink »

csvan wrote: post #2

Needless to say, this is a gross EULA violation (clarification: if you do it on non-Apple hardware, that is).

Yes. Those legally binding EULAs with the associated EULA-violations we've constantly heard people getting jailed over.

How about you Mac-heads come to terms with Macs being bog standard X86 hardware and OSX being a bog standard X86 OS, and that running a bog standard X86 OS on bog standard X86 hardware is absolutely within everyone's legal right to do?

There's nothing special about your hardware nor OS. Get over it.

In the meantime I will virtualize OSX to get the Mac-specific parts of my build and tests running, and leave everything else on proper Linux.

Re: Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox

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Post by josteink »

legulere wrote: post #5
csvan wrote: post #2

Needless to say, this is a gross EULA violation (clarification: if you do it on non-Apple hardware, that is).

It's not, you're allowed to install OS X in virtual machines granted it is on a apple device.

> It's not, you're allowed to install OS X in virtual machines granted it is on a apple device.

I was with you until you said something about restrictions. No court of law anywhere has said that you running standard X86 code in a standard X86 environment is illegal.

Re: Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox

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Post by taspeotis »

legulere wrote: post #5
csvan wrote: post #2

Needless to say, this is a gross EULA violation (clarification: if you do it on non-Apple hardware, that is).

It's not, you're allowed to install OS X in virtual machines granted it is on a apple device.

I don't know what the downvote is for, from the SLA [1]:

    (iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software
    within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control that is
    already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b) testing during
    software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use.
[1] http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/OSX1010.pdf

Re: Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox

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Post by nathankunicki »

csvan wrote: post #2

Needless to say, this is a gross EULA violation (clarification: if you do it on non-Apple hardware, that is).

Virtualization is expressly permitted by the Mac OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite) SLA (Section 2B III) - http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/OSX10103.pdf

(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use.

Unless you are talking about the modification of the installation media. That, I am unclear on.

Re: Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox

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Post by antimagic »

josteink wrote: post #6
csvan wrote: post #2

Needless to say, this is a gross EULA violation (clarification: if you do it on non-Apple hardware, that is).

Yes. Those legally binding EULAs with the associated EULA-violations we've constantly heard people getting jailed over. How about you Mac-heads come to terms with Macs being bog standard X86 hardware and OSX being a bog standard X86 OS, and that running a bog standard X86 OS on bog standard X86 hardware is absolutely within everyone's legal right to do? There's nothing special about your hardware nor OS. Get over it.…

Yes, because all "mac heads" are responsible for the choices made by Apple
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