Brynet-Inc wrote:
The source for Apple's kernel and userland is all BSD/APSL/Apache and even GPLv2, any conditions for running binary versions in emulators or on "Hackintosh" systems is likely in the EULA.. and EULAs are not legal everywhere anyway.
The kernel is open source and GPL, however the "aqua desktop" and software bundles (Mail, Safari, etc) is not.
Even Mavericks are free to download now, Apple still put additional restrictions when grant you the license.
In particular, it subjected to the Mac App Store License, which
Quote:
... you are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at any one time.
and later...
(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Lion or OS X Snow Leopard (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control;
(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution, to download, install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software for use either: (a) by a single individual on each of the Mac Computer(s) that you own or control, or (b) by multiple individuals on a single shared Mac Computer that you own or control. For example, a single employee may use the Apple Software on both the employee’s desktop Mac Computer and laptop Mac Computer, or multiple students may serially use the Apple Software on a single Mac Computer located at a resource center or library; and
(iii) to install, use and 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 OS X Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use.
I'm not a lawyer but it seems obvious you can only legally run Mac OS X with Apple's hardware, or with emulator/hypervisor on top of Apple's hardware (VMWare, Parallels, etc).