Groklaw reports that the California version of Apple v. Psystar is over and in their words, “It’s a total massacre.” Psystar shocked the world in February 2008 with their announcement of pseudo Macs—essentially PC’s put together with off-the-shelf components, but with OS X preinstalled. By July 2008 Apple decided Psystar was getting enough attention to be worth suing, and the case has been making its way through the system since then.

Judge William Alsup’s ruling addressed Apple’s claims that Psystar was violating OS X distribution rights and violating DMCA were upheld, and Psystar’s countersuits were dismissed.  In other words, the End User License Agreement we all agreed to when we began using OS X is legally valid and enforceable.  There is a similar case making its way through the courts in Florida, but chances are good that the Florida courts will look at the California ruling.

The next step comes on December 14 when a hearing will be held to discuss remedies. Essentially, though, today’s ruling seems to put Psystar out of business—and undoubtedly stopped any other OEM that was considering producing their own Mac clones. There is no comment on the Psystar site, and they are still selling units there this afternoon, for those looking for a $599.99 hackintosh…though I wouldn’t expect much in the way of warranty support.