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Finding the Pits In CherryOS

Posted by timothy on from the light-the-bombeck-beacon dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DrunkenBlog is carrying a story with piles of gathered evidence (including screenshots of code diffs) exposing the speed claims of CherryOS, and that the company behind it (Maui X-Stream) is not only stealing code from the open source project PearPC but at least several other OSS projects too. There are some choice quotes from PearPC developers on how it is harming their project. They appear to have a strong case, but enforcing the GPL could take help."

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  1. You've got to laugh... by lxt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...at the sheer cheek of putting up a "performance comparison table" on the CherryOS website between CherryOS and PearPC...

    I mean, even the name itself smacks of copyright infringement...

  2. Re:Steal or Copy? by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Didn't you hear? The PearPC developers don't have the code anymore because the CherryOS guys stole it. That's why they want the source of CherryOS released, so they can get it back!

  3. CherryOS is given too much credit by TheGuano · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just don't understand. A regular rumor/hype/unsubstantiated-claim is made and the general tendency is not to give them the benefit of the doubt - they get flamed and hen-pecked to hell before they even have a chance to prove their claims. Then CherryPC comes along, which is SO MANY WAYS is such an obvious rip-off that IT'S ALMOST AMUSING, and people act so damned civilized, presenting balanced views, structured evidence, etc. Why bother with the niceties in this case? Just call Hawaii5-0 and bust a cap in his ass already.

  4. The Dan Rather connection... by KrackHouse · · Score: 4, Funny

    From their website:
    "Jim Kartes is the president of Maui-X Stream... He later worked as a news and documentary cameraman for CBS News in New York." (emphasis mine)

    I guess we should have seen the writing on the wall.

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  5. Trademark infringement, too! by Nordberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    CherryOS -> CheeryOS -> Cheerios

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  6. The sadder truth by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, you're not supposed to actually read or to even understand the GPL here. You're just supposed to bludgeon people with it when they disagree with you. You're not new here; you should be ashamed! =)

    The saddest truth is that I'll probably be modded funny (at best) or troll, instead of insightful. =)

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