[OT] EULA and legality

[Roger Eller]

 Speaking of bigger fish... I was wondering, just as Apple attacked Samsung
for using proprietary 'rounded corners', and looking like something Apple
designed, will they go after computer case manufacturers for being similar?
 What will these lawsuits do to the generic product industry?  Everything
generic is designed to be similar to the original.  Maybe we will see
store-brand products forced into to plain white box / black text (except
for Apple).  What a wonderful world it will be!

A great deal of design consideration (on the inside) makes this case very
desirable for gamers, and other high-end computer enthusiasts that build
their own tech, regardless of what OS it will contain.  The familiar
MacPro-like handles make it desirable on the outside.  It's not a direct
copy because they are at an angle, and they flex for shock absorption.  I
haven't built a machine in years, but this new $80 case makes me want to.
 Skip the first 2 minutes (the unboxing), to see this really nice PC case.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGYatxJzaBI

If Quo offered customers this case, the target on their back would be much
bigger.

~Roger


On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> So it may also simply be that Apple Legal has bigger fish to fry, and just
> hasn't bothered sicking the dogs on the hackintosh community. Yet.
>
> I would never advise anyone to willfully violate any EULA, but apparently
> if one chooses to do so by installing a purchased copy of OS X onto
> hardware of his own choosing and keeps a low profile about it, the odds of
> getting in the cross-hairs of Apple Legal appear slim.
>