{"id":12592,"date":"2015-10-19T23:08:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T03:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2015-10-26T15:10:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T19:10:58","slug":"el-capitan-license-in-plain-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/el-capitan-license-in-plain-english\/","title":{"rendered":"El Capitan License in Plain English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robb Shecter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I thought it’d be a “fun” project to see what the “El Capitan License” actually says. Cool idea, huh? Kind of like spelunking through a cave that everyone says they’ve been through, but maybe no one really has. What will I find wedged in a wall or lurking in the dark around the next turn?<\/p>\n

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  1. I can’t use the Capitan with illegal copies of anyone’s<\/strong> stuff.<\/li>\n
  2. Apple didn’t sell me this software. They still own it, in fact. I’m just borrowing it.<\/li>\n
  3. If I install more Apple software, those are on loan as well.<\/li>\n
  4. I can use the Capitan in two<\/strong> virtual Machines, and on one<\/strong> computer.<\/li>\n
  5. But these VM’s cannot be used for business. The only exception is for software developers […]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Update (2015-10-26): Cory Doctorow<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    The Justice Department lawyers argue that because Apple licenses its software -- as opposed to selling it outright -- that it is<\/em> appropriate for the government to demand that Apple provide assistance in its legal cases.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Robb Shecter: I thought it’d be a “fun” project to see what the “El Capitan License” actually says. Cool idea, huh? Kind of like spelunking through a cave that everyone says they’ve been through, but maybe no one really has. What will I find wedged in a wall or lurking in the dark around the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[209,30,1199,355],"class_list":["post-12592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-legal","tag-mac","tag-mac-os-x-10-11","tag-privacy"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12675,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions\/12675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}