Read Pamela's comments. I couldn't agree with her more. If you want complete freedom to duplicate and distribute, do so with software that guarantees you that freedom with an appropriate license.
As a Linux fan, I actually approve of anything that encourage people to enhance that platform with better graphics, fonts, and software.
Apple has made it very clear that they are going to actively oppose the commercial distribution of hackintosh system, so hopefully that will encourage the freedom loving hackers to develop for platforms more accommodating to their world view.
Psystar doesn't want complete freedom to duplicate and distribute OS X so that's a bit of a strawman. They're willing to pay for every copy that they distribute.
Right - but you aren't allowed to do that under any theory of Law that I've ever heard. Copyright law explicitly prohibits you from duplicating and reselling. If Pystar had wanted to do this legally, they could have sold X86 Computer and a retail package of OS X that they purchased from Apple bundled together. First Sale Doctrine would have allowed them to resell the retail copy of the software.
Let's not argue the hypothetical what Pystar was "willing" do do - they were actually making duplicates of OS X, modding it, and then reselling the results.
It was actually a pretty good checklist of what copyright law prohibits you from doing.
[edit - Ah. I reread your statement - I see that you are saying that Psystar wanted _limited_ rights to duplicate, modify, and resell - with the understanding that they would pay Apple the retail price for each copy they made. ]
You can pay for a copy you use. And that copy is intended to be run on an Apple platform. You do not have the liberty to put your copy on a non Apple platform that you are selling for a price.
Don't like the terms? There is always Linux for you.
Actually, that's not why Psystar lost the case. Read the rest of the comments and Judge Alsup's order. The ruling had nothing to do with running OS X on a non-Apple hardware, and everything to do with Psystar cutting corners in such a way that it qualified as ordinary copyright infringement.
As a Linux fan, I actually approve of anything that encourage people to enhance that platform with better graphics, fonts, and software.
Apple has made it very clear that they are going to actively oppose the commercial distribution of hackintosh system, so hopefully that will encourage the freedom loving hackers to develop for platforms more accommodating to their world view.