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> Asahi is a Linux distribution that can run natively on Apple Silicon-based Macs due to some slick reverse engineering provided by members of the open source community. Moreover, running Asahi is perfectly legal because Apple formally allows booting non-macOS operating systems on their Apple Silicon platform.

Umm how would it ever be not legal? Even if Apple doesn't formally allow it, you're free too so with your own hardware whatever you want.



The DMCA made it illegal to circumvent software locks.


That doesn't sound right. Hasn't this been overruled a couple years ago?


That's only if it's being used to circumvent copyright?


I think they were referring to the bootloader not being locked down.




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