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FSF's Opinion of the Apple Public Source License
Stian Engen writes "Bradley Kuhn of the FSF does not recommend the release of new software using the Apple Public Source License (APSL) 2.0 despite its
newly accuired Free Software License."
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Only gays use Macs.
Hi!
Actually it looks more like a four-eyed Mom's-basement dwelling adolescent with his mouth in a suitable pose to receive Stallman's cock.
Sorry, GNU/cock.
Cheer,
GNU/Wolfgang.
*cough* bullshit! *cough*
The GPL is viral exactly because the FSF is about building a power base for a political movement. Changes, like taking away the right of the FSF to alter the GPL _AS THEY SEE FIT_ - and applying those changes to previously GPL'ed code - would remove some of their power.
It's not about "free" anything. It's about Socialism, to use one of the kinder labels available.
you communist fucks!
Hey at least you're honest - you admit it's socialism and try to defend it. Well good for you, I really do like to see that. Intellectual honesty in a lefty is as rare as being in touch with reality or as having had a 30th birthday.
Repeat after me: "there is nothing sinful about making money" - it's the principal of labor exchange, but instead of accepting TV dinners to distribute to their programmers, Apple takes money, distributes that, and then the programmers go off and choose which TV dinners they want. Or they could even choose something else entirely! Ask Mom about "the free market" and why it makes certain countries successful, and why those countries without it are usually referred to as "third-world shitholes".
True, some capitalists abuse the system. But it's that human nature that makes socialism unworkable because that darker nature has so many more avenue of opportunity in a socialist world.
why are there so many communists on slashdot??? is it because technical people generally don't see the big picture and just think free stuff is good? do you honestly think charging somebody MONEY for your services/products is bad? does it hurt their feelings that they have to pay or they can't afford it? have you ever happily paid somebody for anything?!! FROM THE TOP OF MY LUNGS NOW -- WHAT THAA FUCK?!?!?
do you honestly think charging somebody MONEY for your services/products is bad?
No, I don't. At the same time, I don't think it's wrong for people to be able to write software and give it away for free.
What Apple's trying to do is to 'appear' to be free, and make money off other's work (gratis). If Apple wants to hire some programmers, pay them money, they needen't even give the code under APSL, proprietary licensing would do. Why all this subterfuge about Open Sourcing a Freedom anyway?
Better a straight-forward Communist than a dubious devious Capitalist.
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If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
Oh God... The FSF is so full of communist jerks...
: lick my brown hole and be happy. Bring along your wife and your daughter, they like shit too.
Excuse me if I don't take a single thing FSF says to heart.
These guys can find fault with anything but the 'blessed GPL'. They're the ones that give free software the 'commie' name because of their inflexibility.
I should think that any company that releases the core of their operating system as a open source of *any* kind with no monetary cost associated with it is impressive.
As a rock-in-roll Physicist once said, No matter where you go, there you are.