Obtaining a OS X 10.7 Lion license now, how?

Anyone know of a way to purchase a license of OS X 10.7 Lion now? Are any type of licenses transferable, except with hardware with preinstalls? What about volume licensing?
What have you done hiding the apples some of us still need, Apple?
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Mik B wrote:
Anyone know of a way to purchase a license of OS X 10.7 Lion now? Are any type of licenses transferable, except with hardware with preinstalls? What about volume licensing?
What have you done hiding the apples some of us still need, Apple?
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You are not talking to Apple here. Try
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Cheers
Pete

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I don't want to download the Lion installer more than once and I know to make a copy of the Lion installer before the installation.
At the same time, my "household" includes my wife, my daugher and myself. We are all Mac users and we all have Mac App Store accounts. I want to follow whatever rules are in place as far as the Lion license agreement is concerned.
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How many systems run on one lion license?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4854

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macjack wrote:
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http://www.chriswrites.com/2012/07/how-to-run-powerpc-apps-on-mac-os-x-lion/
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