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CherryOS Not All It's Cracked Up To Be
CherryBS continues "PearPC developers who have seen CherryOS have confirmed it is a fraud, while others remaining anonymous have posted the 'strings' output that CherryOS and PearPC share, showing many function names, warning/informational message strings that exist verbatim in PearPC. Additionally, now-pulled screenshots of CherryOS, mirrored in the long thread at pearpc.net, show CherryOS's boot process revealing variable names and missing or incorrectly emulated hardware in such a way as to be specific to PearPC. Arben Kryeziu, the developer of CherryOS, claims that no code has been taken from PearPC whatsoever, and that he will release a trial version this week. However, with the amount of deception on the part of the company, and considering this wouldn't be the first time he's violated the GPL, it's hard to believe they're telling the truth. Additionally, Kryeziu now claims the "trial" may "disable modules like sound or drag and drop"...likely because PearPC itself does not support such features. To further add to the tale, someone who was likely Arben was specifically asking for video server load testing for their vx30.com video codec/server product, even specifically mentioning slashdot as a great candidate, and in the days following the CherryOS story unfolding, went back and deleted the posts. The first day, all that was left online were two videos, one of which was subsequently removed because of PearPC-specific strings in the boot process shown in the video..."
from the borrows-code-without-asking dept.
Have things gone pear shaped? Have they lost their Cherry?
When told that variables with the same names had been found in both CherryOS and PearPC, Kryeziu said programming logic often leads to variables and functions with similar, or identical, names.
I would like to know what exact programming logic is going to lead two individual programmers - working off of two different code bases - to use the term "SPIRO MULTIMAX 3000" to do the same exact thing?
Why does that make you glad?
What's ingenious about this whole affair is that the Cherry OS guy was able to introduce a new vector for phishing attacks.
Imagine what havok someone could wreak by taking a popular GPL software release, 'rebranding' it without proper attribution, and just having a signup form for people to download the 'new' application. A nice piece of shrinkwrap that opts downloaders into several mailing lists and you have a sweet data mining business.
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I think this is all an evil subliminal ploy by Del Monte.
Am I the only one craving a fruit salad after reading the article?
Next weeks software releases: SysMango with a side of KiwiX.
Only on /. would a post about a post about a post... ...aw, never mind.
Only on /. would a post about a post about a post about a post about a nether-monkey-flight be modded to +5, Insightful.
Hooray blatant for karma whoring!
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Only on slashdot can karma whoring be considered insightful.
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