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[Nvyseal]

images/news/apple.jpgMac clone-maker Psystar on Thursday filed an amended complaint against Apple, arguing that Apple is misusing copyright by tying its OS X operating system to Mac computers.

Judge William Alsup gave Psystar the green light last week to file an amended complaint in its long-running legal battle with Apple over running OS X on non-Apple hardware, removing the antitrust complaint and moving ahead with the copyright misuse case.

To prove its copyright misuse claim, Psystar refers to Apple’s End User License Agreement, which states that users agree to install the Mac OS only on an Apple computer. The lawsuit claims this overextends the boundaries of the Mac OS copyright.

In the amended complaint, Psystar also quoted Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller's, statements in 2005 that Apple wouldn’t do anything to stop people from running Windows on a Mac, but it wouldn’t allow the Mac OS to run on non-Apple hardware.

To prevent someone from running OS X on another system, Psystar alledges that Apple embeds code in the operating system to cause a kernel panic if non-Apple hardware is recognized.

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[m.oreilly]

at this point, macs are basically just a pc...is osx that much of a standout in the world of operating systems?

[Sphere]

It is, as long as it's restricted...

I agree, it should be more free, if distributed correctly, and advertised even better, it could even bring more ppl to the Apple hardware.
As long as Apple starts cutting prices that is.