However, I can go to an Apple Store or buy online, a copy of OSX, without having to prove that I own any Apple hardware. I think the issue is, "can a purchased copy of OSX software, be run on any hardware that it can be run on"?
However, I can go to an Apple Store or buy online, a copy of OSX, without having to prove that I own any Apple hardware. I think the issue is, "can a purchased copy of OSX software, be run on any hardware that it can be run on"?When a Mac purchaser buys a Mac, they are not required to pay extra for OS X. It is included with the purchase just as is the Mouse and keyboard
The issue is whether the vendor of software licensing for old Macs must also sell, on the same terms, licenses for computers not sold by the software license vendor.To hold that the vendor must do that, you must IMHO also hold that a vendor of a software license cannot charge a higher price for licensing a particular program to run on big iron than for licensing that program to run on an entry-level PC. And I just don't think that works. It probably destroys the viability of software vendors. If AAPL lost that case it would IMHO respond by making the licensing fee for software upgrades prohibitive. Or maybe they could try to require that you trade in your old copy of OSX whenever you upgraded to the latest OSX?