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| Psystar Asks Judge to Rule Its Business Is Legitimate |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2009-11-03 10:13:04 |
| While the Apple v. Psystar case is currently on hold until the hearing regarding the motions for a summary judgement takes place (November 12) the Psystar v. Apple case (still with me?) is only just beginning. Psystar has amended its original complaint in this second lawsuit, asking the judge to order Apple to cease calling Psystar's business "illegal", claiming it hurts the clone maker financially. |
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| RE: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By Kroc on 2009-11-03 12:38:13 |
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This is about our right to run the OS we want on the hardware we want. It's importance cannot be understated. I don't want to be in a future where you can be jailed just for daring to look under-the-hood. Personally, I think Psystar is a sleazy company and always has been, compared to other cloners; but I'm glad that at least _somebody_ has taken things this far in court. |
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| RE: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By Mage66 on 2009-11-03 12:42:01 |
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> I love how OSnews has become PSnews (PsyStar News) I guess you don't want to hear about news in this case? OSNews reporting on the case, does not translate into the site taking a position on the outcome. I think you need to take a class in critical thinking. Edited 2009-11-03 12:42 UTC |
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| RE[2]: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By WereCatf on 2009-11-03 12:47:35 |
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I too have never liked Psystar as a company at all, they just happen to be the ones who started a very important fight. I personally don't have any interest towards Hackintoshes as I don't like OSX at all, but I do however have a lot of interest towards copyright laws and EULAs. As copyright laws and EULAs and similar ones do touch every single person using computers it's quite obvious that any related news will be reported here. |
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| RE[2]: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By LighthouseJ on 2009-11-03 12:51:00 |
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Given that the topic is about PsyStar, and that the common theme of these Apple v. PsyStar topics are along the lines of "here's a new development. what will PsyStar do next?", that it's a bit more apropos. I don't think anyone really thinks OSNews has a dog in this show, or at least its not visible to me. |
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| RE: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2009-11-03 13:02:37 |
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Heh, I thought you corrected a spelling error for me. Boy was I wrong. |
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| RE[2]: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By th3rmite on 2009-11-03 13:29:26 |
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> This is about our right to run the OS we want on the hardware we want. No it's not, it's about Psystar's right to sell said computer. There are all types of resell restrictions that are not limited to computers. For instance a friend of mine built his own airplane, legal to fly it himself, but he could not resell it. Can you purchase a gun and then just sell it to whoever you want? Alcohol? Tobacco? Prescription medicine? When I buy a six pack of beer, I can not resell it to a minor. Sounds like a post sale restriction to me, and I didn't even click "Accept"! |
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| Quite ironic really... |
| By mrhasbean on 2009-11-03 13:33:34 |
| ...that they play the opensource card on the very week they may have been found to have illegally used opensource code |
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| RE[3]: Not OSnews, PSnews |
| By Soulbender on 2009-11-03 13:33:49 |
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> Sounds like a post sale restriction to me, and I didn't even click "Accept"! The important difference that you fail to mention is that the restrictions you mentioned are governed by law, not by contracts. |
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| RE: Quite ironic really... |
| By JayDee on 2009-11-03 13:49:19 |
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> ...that they play the opensource card on the very week they may have been found to have illegally used opensource code So far I haven't seen any concrete proof. I may be wrong. Might just have to pay them a visit when I go home to FL. :D |
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| I have no issues with Hackintoshes...but... |
| By mbpark on 2009-11-03 14:14:41 |
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I have absolutely no issues with "Hackintoshing". People should have the right to do what they want to the software on their computer if it doesn't break the law. It's how this industry got started, especially because people like Peter Norton and Richard Stallman poked around and did interesting things. It's why systems like Linux, Amiga, DOS/Windows, and the Mac succeeded, because people were able to modify their OS via extensions and add-ons. What I have an issue with is Psystar taking the work of those people and selling it without attribution, like with Rebel EFI. I have no issues whatsoever with the Hackintosh process, because I think it leads to a better overall OS and ecosystem for the community. If you take away the ability of people to modify and play around with software, you really take away innovation. Plus, when there's a will, there's a way. It can and will be hacked. It was done when MacOS was on PPC (MacOnLinux), and will be done again. I have a big issue with parasitic companies like Psystar that take the works of others and re-sell them without attribution to people like Netkas. If they want to have more support from the community, they should start cutting checks to Netkas and others. Until then, they're only doing one thing, which is causing Apple to react by adding more code to Mac OS X in an attempt to stop the inevitable. |
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