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Somewhat in the same spirit, macOS (and Rosetta 2 for Linux) won’t boot without a secret haiku given as a key during the boot process which was designed to prevent you from installing the OS on a random Intel box. (ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc)

And, at least for a while, DSMOS.kext (don’t steal Mac OS) would load a poem into memory:

Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/he'd do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./Please don't steal Mac OS!/Really, that's way uncool./(C) Apple Computer, Inc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/business/worldbusiness/ap...




I find the use of the word steal to be really annoying. It’s infringement.


I think everyone understands the difference between legal terms and common vernacular there.


It doesn’t make it less antagonistic. It’s like saying a Ukrainian soldier murdered a Russian soldier. Sure some might argue that it’s murder in a technical sense but the use of that word implies something that isn’t accurate




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