Running OSX on normal PC

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richardf

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Has anyone here done this and what have your experiences been?
 
I have an old HP laptop at home and I think I will have some spare time over the weekend to install a version of OSX. Will let you know if I get to it
 
OSX is based on FreeBSD. Which is released under the GNU/GPL. I wonder if apple is keeping to the licence conditions of the GNU. So who is the pirate?
 
w1z4rd said:
OSX is based on FreeBSD. Which is released under the GNU/GPL. I wonder if apple is keeping to the licence conditions of the GNU. So who is the pirate?
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FreeBSD is apparently released under the BSD license :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses

Also bit of a jump asking "who is the pirate" when you confess that you dont know if Apple is or isnt complying with the terms. :confused:
 
w1z4rd said:
OSX is based on FreeBSD. Which is released under the GNU/GPL. I wonder if apple is keeping to the licence conditions of the GNU. So who is the pirate?
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You can take freeBSD and improve it and modify it then sell it if you want to.
 
Not all of it:

As with its sister operating systems, the code in FreeBSD is released under the terms of a variety of licenses. All of the kernel code and most newly created code is released under the terms of the two-clause BSD license, which allows everyone to use and redistribute FreeBSD as they wish. There are also parts under the GPL, LGPL, ISC, Beerware license, two-, three-, and four-clause BSD licenses. New contributions to the base system are most frequently under the two-clause BSD license.
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@wizard: the BSD kernel is subject to this style license, and that is the only part that Apple used :)
 
bwana said:
FreeBSD is apparently released under the BSD license :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses

Also bit of a jump asking "who is the pirate" when you confess that you dont know if Apple is or isnt complying with the terms. :confused:
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Hence the reason I asked. What a funny response from you. Must be a mac fanatic :D Personally, if I could run OSX on my system, I would most likely try it out.
 
w1z4rd said:
K thanks, and the BSD kernel all falls under one licence?
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Correct. This will probably give you some insight on how Gnu.org view the BSD styled licenses: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html, also this:

If a program is free but not copylefted, then some copies or modified versions may not be free at all. A software company can compile the program, with or without modifications, and distribute the executable file as a proprietary software product.
-- taken from: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware
 
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Oooh, I just had a sexy thought. Imagine if Ubuntu and OSX devs got together, and created a new system. That would be so sexy.
 
Shuttleworth didn't create UBUNTU on his own either. That was a copy of another distro.
 
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