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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 "[[copyright infringement|steal]]" it (i.e., that they not [[hack (technology slang)|hack]] Mac OS X to run on generic [[white box (computer hardware)|white box]] hardware).{{Fact|date=January 2007}} 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.<ref name="softpedia">{{Factcite web | url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-t-Steal-Mac-OS-X-16276.shtml | title=Don't Steal Mac OS X! | author=Victor Mihailescu | date=January 13, 2006 | work=Softpedia | accessdate=2007-01-17}}</ref>

According to [http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-t-Steal-Mac-OS-X-16276.shtml softpedia] and [http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89 the OSX86 project] theThe full text of the file reads<ref name="softpedia" />:

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