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The Psystar Public License - What? Psystar Has a EULA? Just like... Apple?

By Pamela Jones et al.

This is for all you "freedom lovers" who got it in your heads that Psystar was fighting against EULAs. Here you go, a reader sent me Psystar's very own EULA, the Psystar Public License, version 1.0.

1.0. Chortle. Get it while it's hot. That's my advice.

Please allow me to give you a brief tour, hitting the highlights. We'll start with the opening paragraph:

Please read this License carefully before downloading this software. By downloading or using this software, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this License. If you do not or cannot agree to the terms of this License, please do not download or use the software.

OMG. You mean I have to agree to Psystar's terms or I can't use the software? Like... um... that meanie Apple? Wait. Wait. How can that be? I thought Apple was supposedly the "bad guy" and Psystar was going to liberate its code for the good of mankind?

Folks, did you really think Psystar was fighting to overturn EULAs and set software code free? If you did, please keep reading.

Full post as published by Groklaw on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).