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Is it legal to download Yosemite if I'm not a dev?

cocky jeremy

cocky jeremy

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Julien said:
Actually he/she did not call it want they wanted, they called it what it is. ;)

Obviously (or at least not likely) Apple's not going to take legal action but it is a violation of copyright law to illegal download and install. No matter what you MAY feel is your justification or perceived right.
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Like I said, I don't care. You can't steal something that's free, regardless of what you or any law might say.
 
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pdjudd

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False. If you are not authorized for you to have it and you obtain it via unauthorized means - it's still stealing.

Yosemite May be free when it's released, but it is not free now nor is it made available to the public. If you aren't authorized to have it it is theft by every colloquial definition and illegal by legal definitions.
 
dmccloud

dmccloud

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cocky jeremy said:
Like I said, I don't care. You can't steal something that's free, regardless of what you or any law might say.
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Just because something is "free" doesn't mean it has no cost or value. And the law is the determining factor, not your misguided, ill-informed alternate reality. Look at Tesla opening up their patents this week - they said that they would allow others to use them "in good faith" - meaning that they still reserve the right to litigate in the case of some entity abusing said patents. Same goes with free, open-source software - just because it's free doesn't mean it isn't protected by copyrights and intellectual property law.
 
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