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How is Apple able to sell OS X for a profit when it's based

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How is Apple able to sell OS X for a profit when it's based off Linux which is open source/free?

Isn't that illegal?
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>it's not based on linux
ignore it and install gentoo
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>>52235209
>THEY KNOW
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>>52235209
Stop posting this shit, it's horrible bait.
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>>52235209
1. Mach + BSD != Linux
2. Learn to BSD License
3. Open source != Free
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>>52235209
>based off Linux
wrong, it uses BSD code. BSD license allows commercial use without having to re-supply updated code to the general public.
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>>52235807
This. Also PS4 is based off of FreeBSD
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>>52235635
This.

But don't ask too much on /consumerism/
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>>52235807
>BSD license allows commercial use without having to re-supply updated code to the general public.
Which is exactly why Jobs chose it in the first place and why Apple chose NeXT rather than Be.
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>>52235209
In marketing there is a Rule of Thumb that says you never ask a question that you don't already know the answer to. You ask a question to draw the customer's attention to a topic.
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expected to sell OS X for a profit
They don't. OS X costs $0.
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>>52235209
Apple doesn't sell osx though.
They sell computers that come with osx pre-installed. You can not walk into the Apple Store and purchase a copy of osx, or an osx licence.
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>>52235209
Some linux distros cost money.
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>>52238265
>You can not walk into the Apple Store and purchase a copy of osx, or an osx licence.

Is this true? You used to be able to purchase a copy of OS X.
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>>52241013
OS after Snow Leopard have been primarily released on the mac app store so you need a Mac to buy the OS now.
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>>52241056
I've hackintoshed, so I'm aware that you can download it out of the app store, I'm just surprised that you can't buy a copy on physical media from an Apple store...

I suppose if you have no internet connection, you're SOL?
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