[fooshead]

Thanks to a no response error and the administrator deleting my second successful entry, my message never came through on this subject. So here it is again...

My friends and I are looking at purchasing a 5-pack of Tiger together. Each of us want our own set of disks. I'd like to know if anyone has made backup copies of OS X install disks and the other software included in the OS package and if Apple is ok with friends sharing a 5-pack as opposed to co-workers or family?
Thx.

[Kristoff]

The Family Pack Software License Agreement allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that same household. By "household" we mean a person or persons sharing the same housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home or condominium. This license does not extend to students who reside at a separate on-campus location or to business or commercial users.

So, first of all, the family pack doesn't apply to "co-workers."
Second, unless you rent a home, apartment, condo, or mobile home with your friends, and they actually live with you and all the machines are in the same home, apartment, condo, or mobile home, then you would be violating the terms of the license.

[typoon]

Originally Posted by fooshead

Thanks to a no response error and the administrator deleting my second successful entry, my message never came through on this subject. So here it is again...

My friends and I are looking at purchasing a 5-pack of Tiger together. Each of us want our own set of disks. I'd like to know if anyone has made backup copies of OS X install disks and the other software included in the OS package and if Apple is ok with friends sharing a 5-pack as opposed to co-workers or family?
Thx.

Technically - Yes
Legally - No

[MacManMikeOSX]

Who cares everyone does it.

[Angus_D]

Apple Computer, Inc.
Mac OS X Family Pack

ADDENDUM to Software License Agreement for Mac OS X

The first and second sentences of Section 2A of the Software License Agreement for Mac OS X are revised as follows:

A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on up to a maximum of five (5) Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that same household. By "household" we mean a person or persons who share the same housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home or condominium, but shall also extend to student members who are primary residents of that household but residing at a separate on-campus location. This license does not extend to business or commercial users.

The remainder of this Section 2 and all other terms and conditions of this Agreement remain in full force and effect.

[Kristoff]

Angus, thanks for re-posting that

[Anubis IV]

Originally Posted by MacManMikeOSX

Who cares everyone does it.

And we all know that that makes it right...

Anyway, there really are no technological boundaries keeping you from copying the disc(s) (depending on if you get the CD or DVD version) and burning them for your friends, but as has been stated already, it would probably be a breach of the License Agreement. Honestly, if you're gonna be violating the License Agreement, you might as well buy the single-user copy, save yourself a few bucks, and copy them anyway. It's not legal, but at least you'd save a little more money.

[Millennium]

Apple is not OK with friends or co-workers sharing the five licenses, unless for some reason you all happen to live in the same household (as roommates, for examples). It explicitly states in the license agreements that all five users and computers must be in the same household. The only exception -created for kids going off to school- is that a student who identifies with that household but lives on a college campus may take one license with him (or her, of course). However, even that license cannot be transferred to anyone outside the household.

[JLL]

Originally Posted by Kristoff

Angus, thanks for re-posting that

Compare:

This license does not extend to students who reside at a separate on-campus location

To:

but shall also extend to student members who are primary residents of that household but residing at a separate on-campus location

[fooshead]

Thanks... I've been under the impression that the same rules for licensing would follow for co-workers as it would your family members - guess not. Someone at Apple must have had fun in that board meeting making that decision.