10.6 Server license info (downgrade to 10.5 Server?)

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10.6 Server license info (downgrade to 10.5 Server?)

If we buy a 10.6 Server Unlimited license can we use that license number within a 10.5 Server installation? (we have 10.5 Server installation media and want to buy a couple licenses to use within a Virtual Machine... we'd like the VM to be on 10.5 for now and upgrade later to 10.6)

1. will 10.5 server accept a 10.6 server license as valid?
2. is this legal per Apple?

thanks

Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jan 11, 2010 2:19 PM

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laundry bleach

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Jan 12, 2010 7:06 AM in response to alternapop

1. No. 10.6 server license serial numbers only work for 10.6 installations. I tried it, just to be sure.
2. Irrelevant, but for an answer you should probably contact Apple or a lawyer.

Best of luck.

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alternapop Author

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Jan 12, 2010 8:26 AM in response to laundry bleach

thanks, i tried it too later in the day and figured out that it wouldn't accept it... i'm not surprised at all.

i just wonder if there is any way to legally get a working number from apple to downgrade.

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Answer 3

Jan 12, 2010 8:51 AM in response to alternapop

You could purchase Leopard Server from someone who is moving up to SL Server. Possibly Apple still sells it, but if so it is probably still at Leopard Server's original price of $999.

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