Apple EULA re: Snow Leopard upgrade and Leopard

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Apple EULA re: Snow Leopard upgrade and Leopard

OK, I am upgrading my first generation MacBook to Snow Leopard. I already upgraded from Tiger to Leopard in Dec 2007 using a full retail version disk, so I know that I can use the $29 upgrade version without violating the Apple EULA. Here is the question: After upgrading the MacBook, is my Leopard disk bound to my MacBook and the Snow Leopard EULA OR
1) can I use it to install Leopard on another personal machine, knowing obviously this other machine cannot be upgraded to Snow Leopard? or
2) can I sell my Leopard disk to another party clearly stating that possession does not entitle the new owner to a $29 Snow Leopard upgrade?
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MacBook (2.0 GHz), Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 13, 2010 3:34 PM

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thomas_r.

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Feb 13, 2010 4:02 PM in response to mdl

Technically, there's nothing in the Snow Leopard license agreement that says anything about requiring Leopard, except for the $10 upgrade disk you could get if you bought a machine just before SL was released.

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Pondini

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Feb 14, 2010 4:11 PM in response to mdl

mdl wrote:
OK, I am upgrading my first generation MacBook to Snow Leopard. I already upgraded from Tiger to Leopard in Dec 2007 using a full retail version disk, so I know that I can use the $29 upgrade version without violating the Apple EULA. Here is the question: After upgrading the MacBook, is my Leopard disk bound to my MacBook and the Snow Leopard EULA OR
1) can I use it to install Leopard on another personal machine, knowing obviously this other machine cannot be upgraded to Snow Leopard?

Yes. You paid for it; you get to install it on one Mac at a time.

2) can I sell my Leopard disk to another party clearly stating that possession does not entitle the new owner to a $29 Snow Leopard upgrade?

There's some disagreement here about that, but from what I see, most of the posts by folks who ought to know say "yes" to that, too.

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