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Apple Public Source License Now FSF Approved

Posted by timothy on from the join-us-now-and-free-the-software dept.

BWJones writes "Apple has now made their public source license 2.0 free. From the release "The Darwin team at Apple is pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the Apple Public Source License has been certified as a 'Free Software License.' APSL 2.0 includes numerous changes and simplifications to make it even easier to use Apple Open Source software as part of your programs. To indicate acceptance of APSL 2.0, you can now use your new or existing "Apple ID", rather than having a separate Darwin account."" proclus adds "This is great news for Darwin-based free software projects like The GNU-Darwin Distribution and Fink. GNU-Darwin has had an ongoing discussion about this development, and annouced and end to our 'Free Darwin Campaign,' so long as Apple avoids DMCA-based legal action."

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  1. Apple Publicity by brokencomputer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is interesting that Apple makes no mention on thier home page about this change. I think this might be because they already have the general public believing that they are open source and telling us now that twhey erent open source until now will cause the gen. public to get annoyed or untrustworthy of apple.

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  2. Right and wrong by poptones · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Life is so much simpler when you don't have shareholders, boards of directors, lawyers and... well, money.

    Right, it is. That's why this is a joke of a "free" license. You have to "have an ID" to "accept" terms of the license? Contributing to this "free" code is the closest you can come to being Apple's indentured servent. This does bring with it all sorts of "free" connotations, unfortunately none of them really embody what freedom is supposed to be about.

  3. Re:Apple is giving people what they want by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple is like that gorgeous woman at the party...

    Sure, the one with the suspiciously deep voice and pronounced Adam's Apple.

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  4. Re:Apple good? by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Patents are good. Without them, there would be no innovation.

    Your spelling is atrocious! That should read:
    Patents are
    greed. Without them, there would be no starvation