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PearPC Trying to Sue CherryOS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-is-going-to-get-interesting dept.

Varg Vikernes writes "PearPC developers are taking in donations to sue Maui X-Stream, the developers of the MAC emulator software CherryOS. There have been allegations that CherryOS is nothing more than PearPC code, which is open-source, but with a GUI attached to it. One of the PearPC developers tried to get in contact with someone from Maui X-Stream, but eventually were told to "speak with an Attorney" about the allegations. "

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  1. Wait... by Avyakata · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obligatory corny fruit joke:

    There's not a valid suit there...it's like comparing apples to oranges!


    Badum-chh!

    1. Re:Wait... by Bradee-oh! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Errrr.... you mean like comparing apples to cherries

      and pears...

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  2. Grrrrr.... by White+Roses · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's not a MAC emulator. It's a Mac emulator. CherryOS and PearPC don't allow you to emulate the Media Access Control.

    That annoys me so much I could strangle a manatee in the nude.

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  3. Well, just so long as PearPC wasn't writing music by ScentCone · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because, that would be different.

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  4. Re:Which came first? by dcstimm · · Score: 5, Funny

    the Apple.

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  5. pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. by TheJOsh!(tm) · · Score: 5, Funny

    that's one disfunctional fruit salad...

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  6. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What the heck kind of first post is that?! Informative, explained what the whole FA was about, loads of links. I'm shocked!

  7. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the EULA:
    2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.

    A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.

    Is this why they included a bunch of Apple stickers with my iBook?

    I now have an Apple-branded lavatory, amongst other things (the aforementioned loo also claims to be 'designed for Windows 98', but that's another story). So will I legally be allowed to install Mac OS X on it? Okay, it may be stretching the definition of 'computer' a little, but it's no worse in terms of Turing-completeness than your average offering from Dell... ;-)
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  8. All of this extra fruit floating around.... by telstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where's PacMan when you need him?

  9. "Trying" to sue? by aspx · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Trying" to sue?

    Sue, or sue not. There is no try.

  10. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by Grench · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your lavatory IS a computer!

    It has a user interface (the seat)
    It has input devices (the pan, and the flush handle)
    It has an output system (the sewage pipe)
    It has a storage system (the cistern)
    It has antivirus software (Toilet Duck(tm))
    It even has water cooling!

    What more could you want!

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  11. This just in ... by kitzilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... Pear sues Cherry over Apple emulation. Film at Eleven.

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  12. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by cortana · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe this is a dupe that didn't hit the front page first time around.

  13. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???
    Oh, just Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform. :)
  14. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by bwcarty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes...but does it run Linux?

    If so, must I imagine a Beowulf cluster of them?

    Hey...you asked.

  15. Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming by Psykechan · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and if you put a Type-A sticker on it, it should be legal and run faster.