P.S. =============== 副文, 有興趣可讀一下. 他告訴你為什麼相容機是違法, 蘋果可如何告死你 Is selling hackintosh computers illegal? 2 Answers Bill Stein Bill Stein, Legal Studies, USAFA
Short answer: yes, selling Hackintosh computers is illegal. Longer answer: The EULA for OS X is very clear on how it can be used:
The grants set forth in this License do not permit you to, and you agree not to, install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so.
It doesn’t matter how you purchased the software (if you purchased it at all). You don’t actually “own” the software. You are not permitted to run it on “whatever hardware” you like. When you “buy” the software, you are really just buying the right to use it (a license), and you must remain in full compliance of the EULA bundled with the software when you do so. And according to that EULA, it is, for all intents and purposes, illegal to install on any hardware other than Apple hardware.
The question though was: can you sell it?
If you ask the courts that handled the Psystar case, ruling in favor of Apple, the answer would be a most definite no.
Psystar was an interesting case. The company actually sold computers pre-designed to accept OS X as a native operating system. As much as Psystar tried to circumvent the EULA by proving a bundled copy of OS X and not actually installing the software itself, Apple’s lawsuit was successful, winning damages and multiple appeals against Psystar, which has since been permanently barred from selling its Hackintosh systems.[1]
What can happen to you for doing it? Most likely, nothing will happen. Just like most likely nothing will happen to you if you copy a music file off of Pandora and insert it into your personal music collection. But let’s look at the unlikely. What could happen? Apple could sue you for violating the licensing agreement. That amounts to breach of contract, copyright infringement, breaches of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), etc. The amount of money it will cost you in legal fees alone would make it prohibitively costly to sell them. Additionally, while Apple *probably* wouldn’t go after you for building a Hackintosh for your own personal use (they may, and they have the right to do so, so caveat emptor), they are far more likely to go after you if you attempt to profit off of the violation of their EULA. Just as if you rip a song from Pandora, make a million copies, and sell them, you’re more likely to get sued if you attempt to profit from the theft than if you just build one yourself for fun.
There is a fundamental difference between OS X and Windows. Microsoft is a software company. They design software which is made to run on a wide variety of platforms. Apple, on the other hand, is a hardware company which also makes value-added software to run on its hardware. Its profits come from the hardware, not the software. This is why Microsoft Office retails for well over $100, while iWork can be purchased for around $30, IIRC. If you could run OS X on a PC for around $30 instead of paying the $1000 that Apple charges for its hardware, Apple is losing its primary source of revenue.
So while Microsoft doesn’t really care what platform you run their software on, Apple very much does. This is why it is not legal to run OS X on any hardware other than Apple-branded hardware.