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Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext is a file present in certain versions of the Mac OS X Operating System requesting that users of Mac OS X not "steal" it (i.e., that they not hack Mac OS X to run on generic white box hardware). Currently the extension is only included with the version of OS X that runs on the Intel Core processor family and is located at /System/Library/Extensions on the volume containing the operating system.

According to softpedia and the OSX86 project the full text of the file reads:

<key>_name</key>
<string>Dont Steal Mac OS X</string>

<string>Copyright (c) 2006 Apple Computer, Inc.  All rights reserved.

<string>The purpose of this Apple software is to protect Apple copyrighted 
materials from unauthorized copying and use. You may not copy, modify,
reverse engineer, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense,
transfer or redistribute this file, in whole or in part.  If you have
obtained a copy of this Apple software and do not have a valid license
from Apple Computer to use it, please immediately destroy or delete it
from your computer.</string>

It is commonly believed that Apple makes a large percentage of their profits from the sale of computer hardware bought specifically to run their Mac OS X Operating System.^{[citation needed]}

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  from your computer.</string>
-It is commonly believed that [[Apple Computer|Apple]] makes a large percentage of their profits from the sale of [[computer hardware]] bought specifically to run their Mac OS X Operating System.  If this is true then the adaptation of Mac OS X to run on standard [[personal computer|PC]] hardware could be a financial blow to the company.
+It is commonly believed that [[Apple Computer|Apple]] makes a large percentage of their profits from the sale of [[computer hardware]] bought specifically to run their Mac OS X Operating System.{{fact}}
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