"They didn't respect the Author's (Apple) intent regarding their software."
Huh, is there a law about respecting author's intents?
Huh, is there a law about respecting author's intents?
And regardless, I think we can all view this case on two levels, what is correct by Law, and what we in the community think is reasonable by our guidelines.
Some things that are considered valid by Law (The DMCA's anti-decryption clause) may be seen as negative by those in the community (In fact, by anybody who want to play the DVD that they purchased on their OpenBSD computer)
In the case of PsyStar, I think they are stepping outside the Legal and the mainstream-free-software-community lines in their behavior.
Neither of those things have anything to do with "respecting the intent of the author."