[Lazarus] Lazarus installation on Mac plus other thoughts

[Bernd Kreuss]

On 31.07.2010 13:44, Martin wrote:

> - using a software without license (and I doubt you get a license for
> IDeneb) is probably not legal anywhere on this world

Ok, I looked at their website and they seem to distribute the whole OSX, 
I initially thought it was just a patch for an existing copy that I 
legally own. Distributing the patched version does indeed violate 
copyright laws. Whether *downloading* it (especially If I already own a 
valid license for OSX) violates the law is another question.

For the restriction of on which hardware to use it and where not 
(according to apple's wishes) if you did not explicitely *sign* a 
contract with Apple in which you bind yourself to their usage 
limitations you simply have bought a software license and the only 
restrictions that apply are the default laws about bought software 
licenses.

They could grant additional rights to you like the GPL and similar 
licenses do but they cannot take away rights that are already given to 
you by the law by simply stating it somewhere. They would require you to 
sign a contract with them to legally bind you to their restrictions.

The same applies to jailbreaking your iPhone and similar things. If it 
is yours (you bought it, its yours, not theirs anymore) you can do with 
it whatever you want.