"FREE Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard" - Scam?  Piracy?

While using Gmail, I noticed a sponsored link at the top of my Sent Mail view: "Free Mac OS X 10.5 - www.get-mac-os-x.com - Leopard in the box Offer Expires Today!"
After clicking on the link, I get sent to
http://www.get-mac-os-x.com/index.php?itemID=117431&gclid=CJmLq8rTy48CFQkxgwodnQ HT-A
This doesn't look Apple-official - feels like phishing - so I didn't provide my email address. Is this site a scam, piracy, ...?
+ Mel

It's too bad it's a sponsored link. That placement on the Gmail page gives it the air of Google's seal of approval.
I dug a little deeper: get-mac-os-x.com apparently belongs to Moniker Privacy Services, who owns a reported 324,993 additional domain names. shudder
yummysample.com (YummySample or Yummy$ample) appears to be the advertisement adminstrator. They make you "Complete the product offers exactly as indicated on each page" before you get anything "free".
So I guess it's not free. In my book, when "free" comes with strings attached, that's a scam.
Thanks for the feedback,
+ Mel

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