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Apple has finally managed to outflank Psystar after fighting a bloody and protracted legal battle against the infamous Mac clone manufacturer.
Victory came in the form of a ruling by US (Northern California) District Judge William Alsup, who determined that Psystar had infringed Apple’s “exclusive right” to create derivative works of Mac OS X by replacing original files with unauthorized software.
According to Alsup, Psystar executed three primary unlawful modifications:
* Replacing the Mac OS X bootloader with an alternative to run unauthorized copies of Mac OS X to run on Psystar’s computers.
* Disabling and removing Apple kernel extension files.
* Adding non-Apple kernel extensions.
“Psystar contends that this did not amount to creating a derivative work, because Apple’s source code, object code, or kernel extensions were not modified. This argument is unavailing. Psystar admittedly replaced entire files within the software while copying other portions,” opined Alsup.
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