If we are going to divert into Zen koans and non-dual philosophies, then it is definitively "yes it did". The falling away of the perception of an intrinsicly-existing self doesn't change that there's still perception. It would make a sound the same way there is a sound made when one hand claps.
Back on topic though: it's too bad Apple doesn't allow licenses for running things headlessly like this.
You over-philosophized to the point of bringing their kitschy koan off-topic.
How I interpreted the use of the koan : Apple has no history of legally chasing those who virtualize their operating system; as this is a non-topic thusfar -- who cares?
The hammer may fall one day, but so far 'why are we worried about a legal response that doesn't seem to exist?'.
The answer, of course, is that anyone who builds product based on a legally grey area is at risk when that area begins to crumble.
>it's too bad Apple doesn't allow licenses for running things headlessly like this.
agreed, but I think Apple wants to drive everyone to a hardware solution.
At one point 'enterprise-ish' hardware was offered, but now it seems that it'd be in their interest to offer virtualization licenses while trying to smooth out whatever troubles exist between their software and the major VM hyper-visor offers out there -- mostly since there are huges holes in their hardware offerings for those seeking to do 'enterprise-ish' things en masse.
I'd interpret that koan to mean that those in isolated woods can make noise without being heard.
Say I have a personal project with a few dozen users. Somebody reports a bug on osx -- I don't do windows, I don't do macs, so I'd need to rely on my small community to fix it. With a pirate copy, I'd be able to do the fix -- and none would be the wiser.
Scale that up to a company, put it up on a public repo's CI, and that's when people might hear the tree fall.
Back on topic though: it's too bad Apple doesn't allow licenses for running things headlessly like this.