CherryOS is dead! Long live PearPC!

trygvebw writes "Earlier today, an entry was posted on Arben Kryzeiu's blog, stating that he was stopping development of CherryOS. CherryOS was an application sold by MXS, inc, which was clearly an illegal rip-off of the open-source PowerPC emulator PearPC. CherryOS is dead, long live PearPC!"

Comments

Re:Text of Arben's blog.

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a liar and a thief.

He's a liar, a copyright infringer and a plagiarist. He's not a thief.

I think he's scum too, but that doesn't change the nature of his actions.

Re:Why isn't the legal case moving forward anyways

[FidelCatsro]

Sometimes its better to just let things go . Sure a case may have ment another Test of the GPL in court , but it would also mean the folks behind PearPC would have less time to hack away at the code.

With the demise of CherryOS , most likely from the presure of the aligations, We can rest easy for now . It may not be an ideal victory , but a victory non the less

It atleast shows that the community and the GPL are begining to hold alot more sway .Far better this I say than making a few more lawyers rich off of IP litegation.

Re:Text of Arben's blog.

[Mr. Slippery]

It's theft of intellectual property.

There is no such thing as "intellectual property" except as a bad metaphor. Ideas are not the same as real estate or physical objects.

There are legal entities of copyright, trademark, and patents. Violating these may be illegal, but is not theft, it is infringement of the copyright/patent/trademark.