Thank you, my collection of backgrounds has just become one step closer to ultimate perfection.

Hm. Indeed. OK. Anyway, I'm not in the US and we don't have DMCA here yet.

Installing software on random shit is a right specifically asserted in the US copyright law. Read it. By "it" I mean "it", not "random slashdotter's rant about it".

Besides, OS X being sold as an upgrade for anything is a myth.

When I decide to start distributing their OS, I sure as hell will study their license.

Could be sold as frisbies for all I care. Nobody has any right to prevent me from feeding their DVD to my pet lizard.

As MacOS is not copy protected, there's nothing to circumvent there, DMCA-wise.

*You* have restrictions on how many pictures *you* can upload on Flickr. *I* dont, because I pay for the service.

Big surprise here! Cell phones and consoles sold in foreign lands have ways to enter their respective foreign characters. Who'd think.

Unicode does not necessarily mean any of this crap. International domain names don't use UTF-8 or UCS2 or anything like that, they are represented with a scheme called Punycode. Being a software developer, you may want to know a bit more about it. Just stop by any information kiosk marked with big rainbow-coloured GOOGLE sign and ask the friendly staff. Don't hesitate to ask about the difference between Unicode and the UTFs too, while you're at it.

The C programming language and sizeof(wchar_t) has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion. Internet standards are not defined in terms of C and its data types.

Well, it's always a good idea to have a lawyer nearby whenever you're getting paid to open your mouth in public. No, wait, scratch the bit about getting paid. Having said that, I think it's fairly safe to praise Apple without mentioning that you've got a free promotional copy of Windows ME sometime in the last century. If OTOH you want to know how to bash Apple safely, then you will have to get your own copy of he guidelines. It's free!

Oh my.
1. If you endorse someone's product and you've got stuff from them at some point in the past, check. It doesn't actually have to be in exchange for anything, that was a case of sloppy editing on my part, for which I apologize.
2. You don't have to do anything if you get stuff after the fact.
3. If you want to comment /after that/, see 1.
If you still think it's complicated, then I'm sorry to say I can't help. Go back to pre-school or something.

1. Yes, you have to mention that you're getting free stuff out of the deal.
2. Yes, you have to mention that you're getting free stuff out of the deal.
3. Yes, you have to mention that you're getting free stuff out of the deal.

I have no idea how anyone could possibly start thinking otherwise.

//unfortunately, "how" to state so is not defined//

Why, it is. "Clearly and Conspicuously" is the magic formula.

If Slap-Chop Manufacturing And Brain Surgeries Inc. gives you stuff in exchange for your endorsement of Slap-Chop, then you're affected. If they don't, you are not. Does it get any simpler than that?

Atlantic salmon is called Salmo salar in biology-speak. It is the model species of the entire order Salmoniformes. Salmon doesn't get any truer than that. Pacific species belong to the genus Oncorhynchus. They are true salmons too. "Trouts" belong to both Oncorhynchus and Salmo (and another 5 genera). Some of these trouts have anadromous forms (that is, go to the seas and return to the rivers to spawn), for instance, the rainbow trout (called steelhead in its anadromous form) is Oncorhynchus mykiss and the brown trout (sea trout) is Salmo trutta.