[MacDV] OT: Advice concerning software legalities

[rgb at ellerbach.com]

On Thu, February 16, 2006 12:59 pm, SLarsonIH at aol.com said:
> See, that is the kind of thing I'm talking about. Suffice it to say (I
> really
> don't want to revisit the 9/OSX thing) I don't use OSX yet either because
> of
> bad experiences with it. When I either remove them or get replacements
> I'll
> dive into OSX.
>
> Not only that, but don't all three programs come with multiple programs
> too?
> I'd really rather just buy replacements.

It sounds like you just want to use the machine; you neither know nor care
about what goes on under the hood. So, why do you even care about all
this? You bought the machine as-is. If you think there is non-legit
software on it just delete it from whereever it is. If you don't try and
use a program there isn't any way any other software (kernel extension,
library or whatever) that might have been installed at the same time is
going to cause you grief. When / if you do buy program XYZ then it'll be a
fresh install and all the old stuff (id there is any) will get replaced.

If you are REALLY worried about what got put on the machine then just do a
clean install of the system from your system disks (and if you didn't get
any of those then go buy a set).

If the seller advertised one thing and you got another then make a formal
fraud complaint to ebay (assuming two months haven't passed since the
transactions date).