CherryOS Mac Emulator Resurfaces

Clash writes "Following its initial announcement and subsequent controversy last October, Mac emulator CherryOS has finally been released. Its creator, Arben Kryeziu, found himself in hot water last year amid claims the software was simply stolen from the open source PearPC project. With the code now under public scrutiny, it appears that such allegations are true. According to BetaNews, CherryOS boots up in the exact same manner as PearPC, and its error messages and source files are nearly identical. The emulator also includes MacOnLinuxVideo, which is the same driver used by PearPC to speed up graphics. The CherryOS configuration file also closely mirrors that used by PearPC. Trial download without registration found here."

Comments

Re:Intellectual Property?

[mosb1000]

No, think about it. If we had no respect for each others property, the whole concept would be meaningless. This isn't anything like believing in santa claus (unless you mean believing in the spirit of christmas or some such silliness).

Re:why would it be illegial?

[secolactico]

If I spend hundred hours writing software which I then publish under GPL, I would be quite willing to sell you a non-exclusive proprietary license for 100 hours times 40 GBP = 4000 GBP. If you steal it, the damage to me is 4000 GBP. I bet it took more than 100 hours to write that emulator.

And this is the same argument that piracy apologists like: "I wasn't going to pay you, so you haven't lost anything... and you still have your code, so nothing was stolen".

(I'm not saying that you support piracy, only that IP is not the evil concept so many people like to think it is)