legal concern #5

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2025-12-29T05:19:17+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:17 +01:00

Originally created by @winguse on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020).

First, I am not a lawyer.

To my understanding, the OSX or macOS are Apple's propertied software, and their software license agreements only allow the software running on "Apple-branded hardware". So I am not sure if it will have issue when using this project to run OSX.

Originally created by @winguse on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020). First, I am not a lawyer. To my understanding, the OSX or macOS are Apple's propertied software, and their software license agreements only allow the software running on "Apple-branded hardware". So I am not sure if it will have issue when using this project to run OSX.

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:18 +01:00

@TBortels commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020):

So long as the host system is Apple hardware, it's perfectly kosher. I ran Fedora on a mac mini for years. If not, it's the same as a hackintosh - a violation of the license.

@TBortels commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020): So long as the host system is Apple hardware, it's perfectly kosher. I ran Fedora on a mac mini for years. If not, it's the same as a hackintosh - a violation of the license.

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:19 +01:00

@zakius commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020):

Note that many countries reasonably outlaw the "running on Apple hardware" part, bot you still require a valid license

@zakius commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2020): Note that many countries reasonably outlaw the "running on Apple hardware" part, bot you still require a valid license

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:19 +01:00

@macdougall commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2020):

If you own a mac. You own a copy of OSX. It doesn't matter if you visualize it or not as long as you're officially a licensed customer and agreed to the TOS. If you never did any of that, then you're violating terms.

@macdougall commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2020): If you own a mac. You own a copy of OSX. It doesn't matter if you visualize it or not as long as you're officially a licensed customer and agreed to the TOS. If you never did any of that, then you're violating terms.

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:19 +01:00

@Moorviper commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2020):

and you can buy an unbundled license from apple...

@Moorviper commented on GitHub (Jun 6, 2020): and you can buy an unbundled license from apple...

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:20 +01:00

@tedgonzalez commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020):

You can 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.

source: https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSCatalina.pdf

@tedgonzalez commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2020): > You can 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. source: https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSCatalina.pdf

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:20 +01:00

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Mar 13, 2021):

As long as you abide by the Apple Bug Bounty rules, you can conduct security research on Apple systems and are entitled to Safe Harbor. Apple Pay's upwards of 100k for bugs!

https://developer.apple.com/security-bounty/

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Mar 13, 2021): As long as you abide by the Apple Bug Bounty rules, you can conduct security research on Apple systems and are entitled to Safe Harbor. Apple Pay's upwards of 100k for bugs! https://developer.apple.com/security-bounty/

adam commented

2025-12-29 05:19:21 +01:00

@ZhouZhengCarlos commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2024):

As long as you abide by the Apple Bug Bounty rules, you can conduct security research on Apple systems and are entitled to Safe Harbor. Apple Pay's upwards of 100k for bugs!

https://developer.apple.com/security-bounty/

Hi I'm a QA and currently my automated test cases using WebKit are flaky. I wonder if there was a docker image for macOS since Webkit works a lot better in macOS and I found this image and it worked!

I wanted to ask about a legal concern, If I wanted to use this image to run my automated test cases with this image in the company where I work, is there a legal problem there?

@ZhouZhengCarlos commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2024): > As long as you abide by the Apple Bug Bounty rules, you can conduct security research on Apple systems and are entitled to Safe Harbor. Apple Pay's upwards of 100k for bugs! > > https://developer.apple.com/security-bounty/ Hi I'm a QA and currently my automated test cases using WebKit are flaky. I wonder if there was a docker image for macOS since Webkit works a lot better in macOS and I found this image and it worked! I wanted to ask about a legal concern, If I wanted to use this image to run my automated test cases with this image in the company where I work, is there a legal problem there?

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