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> How can a software developer justify stealing software

Oh come on. Running a legally obtained OSX installation on hardware you own is hardly stealing.

I don't see why OSX "fanboys" constantly bring up this tiresome meme about OSX being this near "holy" OS which cannot run on anything but this similarly holy Apple hardware.

It's a generic consumer OS designed to work on what is mostly run of the mill X86 hardware. Get with the times.

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    Who actually takes software licenses seriously in their own home?

If this doesn't imply one's okay with stealing, then I take my comment back.

Because you seem to assume I use a mac, I must confess to not owning one and therefore not using macos.

I read it as "who cares about obscure constraints which if violated will severely limit my ability to get support should I need it", not as a blanket licence to pirate software.

Obviously in a professional context, you will care about things like support. But probably not for your lets have fun hackety hack project at home.

Think you're reading too much into it. Most software license agreements have silly rules and restrictions that nobody takes any notice of - at home. Businesses have to be more careful.

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