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Is CocoaTech Violating the GPL?

Posted by Cliff on from the bad-company-no-donut dept.

elliotj asks: "In the latest version of their Finder-replacement product, PathFinder CocoaTech has included a terminal feature based on sourcecode from the GPL'd iTerm. They have made available the classes they developed from the iTerm sources, but not all the sourcecode for their product. Since iTerm is GPL (and not LGPL), shouldn't they have to make the ENTIRE codebase available? This is being debated on their forums. If this is true, what can we do to get CocoaTech to open up the rest of the code?"

3 of 180 comments (clear)

  1. openCocoa? by sunrein · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Apple's legal is pretty thorough. They must have this covered, or good defense for the whys and wherefores. I don't see Steve and Co. leaving themselves open like this. Of course, it might do them some good to open up Cocoa.

  2. Re:give me a URL and I'll DoS their asses! by zpok · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah right.

    Shoot first, ask questions later. If it's all the same to you, why not wait a few days?

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  3. With witty comebacks like that... by ErnstKompressor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you truly do show who is retarded...

    I agree that the occasional Apple zealot is out of their mind, but those who decry all Mac users as zealots show themselves for the morons that they are. If you enjoy the internet -- namely browsing -- thank your stars for the existence of Apple/NEXT...If you value the existence of ubiquitous desktop publishing, thank Apple...I thank Linux, and more honestly UNIX, all the time for providing a strong and inexpensive platform for servers and networks.

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