Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

4 of 494 comments (clear)

  1. If the court decides they should compensate... by SlashThat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Who gets the compensation? Do they split it between the developers? How they decide who the developers are and what part each of them gets? What if PearPC is based on other open source projects? This is going to be interesting...

    --
    1's and 0's should be free.
  2. Re:Steal or Copy? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    'spose it also depends on if they have or have not included the GPL thingy. Have they REALLY violated GPL? Or are people just pissed because they want to make money on freely avail. code?

    --
    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
  3. Is Pear allowed to... by cr0y · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ....legally take apart cherry (ie, decompile, hex edit, reverse engineer) the cherry exe to compare it to pear? IF they did this and found it to be the same, could pear counter-sue for reverse engineering? Would it hold up in court?

    --

    ItWasFree.com - Take the mystery
  4. Right back at you: by koko775 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    This post probably won't be modded up, but for the sake of argument:

    Your points would be valid if they weren't so automatically cynical.

    * Slashdot is okay with copyright infringement and P2P piracy. But it is not okay with copyright infringement of GPL code.
    No, Slashdot is for the freedom to do things without big corporations having the means or possible means down to breathe down everyone's back, or against laws that are contrary to fair use. Many slashdotters don't practice what they preach, but to treat all slashdotters as equally hypocritical is itself hypocritical, unless you yourself are hypocritical. In either case you are a hypocrite.
    * Slashdot is okay with pursuing legal action against CherryOS on behalf of PearPC authors. But it is not okay with the RIAA pursuing legal action against infringers to protect its own property (and let's not forget Slashdot was suggesting they do this in 2000 during the Napster lawsuit).
    Slashdot *would* be okay with the RIAA pursuing legal infringement if they weren't trying to sue for $150,000 per song (or something). Do you think that the PearPC would claim millions in damages to Maui X-Stream? Duh, no.
    * P2P copyright infringment is not theft. But taking GPL code is "stealing" it.
    P2P copyright infringement is not theft. Selling copyrighted materials is. Taking GPL code is not theft. Selling GPLed materials is.

    You take three extreme examples and apply stereotypes to all three. BTW, saying "but it applies to the majority" and then talking about "ridiculous double standards" is also a double standard. Congrats on hanging yourself with your own rope, hypocrite.