@Alan,

The issues are not about legalities. I can install FreeBSD and M$ on any machine I choose, why restrict me on MAC?  Even at Enterprise level, I still have a choice on hardware when it comes to M$. Why make a super proprietary OS system and super restrict it to specific hardware? 

I'm still waiting to read comments from fellow Open and Free Software groups that can deny they own at least one device of the most restrictive devices and system.  :-)

Rgds.



On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Alan Orth <alan.orth@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey,

What Apple is doing with Mac OS X is completely legal.  They're using
code from the *BSD projects (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc), which are
all licensed under the BSD license.  The BSD license is not like the
GPL; it allows you to use open-source code commercially without
releasing your modifications to the source code.  That's why
corporations like BSD-licensed code and fear the GPL. ;)

Alan

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thnks guys for the response. Unfortunately I don't have the time to discover
> yet another "Open Source" system while could be the same people who probably
> get funding from off-shoot of some unknown or undeclared enterprise. Some
> food for thought for the Open and Free software evangelists... your highly
> valued UNIX based kernel ( FREE ) is the biggest billion dollar industry
> today.
> I know understand why Wall-Street-Protests are gaining recognition.
> Cheers. :-)