macos as vm guest

[Michael]

On 2020-06-25, at 3:52 PM, Perry Lee <perry at macports.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020, at 3:32 PM, Michael wrote:
>> (Apple's software license says I can run it on Mac hardware, right? It doesn't say that it has to be the raw OS, does it?)
> 
> From the software license agreement for macOS Catalina [1]: "to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using macOS Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use"
> 
> It reads like the host OS has to be macOS too.
> 
> [1] https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSCatalina.pdf

Glad I have no intention of ever using it, then. That's 10.15, that requires the root drive reformatting, with no compatible driver for older systems, right?

(Whether or not it's a better file system isn't the issue. 100% breaking compatibility with everything older is a bad move.)

Also: Already running the Mac OS? Well, my system is running 10.9.5, so it is already running mac os. Having to temporarily boot linux for a moment isn't an issue, right? It's not like it says "is running on some version of Mac OS at the moment you install this", but even if it did, I could set up/install one VM while running Mac OS, and then boot to linux to actually launch the VM for normal use.

If you think that's a silly argument, then look up why Gnu had to issue version 3 of their GPL -- different undefined "Of course it means X" terms got interpreted differently by different courts, possibly with less sensibility than this one.


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