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FSF Rattles Tivo Saber At Apple

Posted by kdawson on from the interesting-to-try-and-prove-that dept.

Ohreally_factor takes us back to Friday when both the iPhone and the GPLv3 were released. "This article at Tectonic suggests that Apple's iPhone might run afoul of the GPL. Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF is quoted as saying: 'Today, Steve Jobs and Apple release a product crippled with proprietary software and digital restrictions: crippled, because a device that isn't under the control of its owner works against the interests of its owner. We know that Apple has built its operating system, OS X, and its web browser Safari, using GPL-covered work — it will be interesting to see to what extent the iPhone uses GPLed software.' Might there really be GPLed code in the iPhone? It's well known that OS X built on BSD, which of course uses the BSD license. Webkit is based on KHTML which uses the LGPL."

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  1. Apples Making Cell Phones? by GreggBz · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, I read the story and realize that Apples making cell phones now!?
    Cool, I'll have to check this out.

    1. Re:Apples Making Cell Phones? by edwardpickman · · Score: 1, Funny

      They also have a new disinformation department called iBull. It's purpose is to leak information about nonexistent products they are developing to drive Bill Gates crazy. The iCar is one such product. It's supposed to marry iPod, iPhone and iMac into one portable take anywhere unit that will run on any fuel source and can be recharged by solar panels. Microsoft is responding with their own car nicknamed "Zoom". Apple spends a couple of grand on some nice CG renders of the iCar, Microsoft spends ten billion developing and marketing their Zoom car, the smile on Steve Jobs face, priceless.

  2. Don't even suggest it! by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple would never consider forking KHTML!

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  3. The future is here by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gnu/Apple

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    1. Re:The future is here by tgv · · Score: 2, Funny

      Does that mean the FSF will start sueing the Beatles as well?

  4. Re:stupidists by janrinok · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anonymous Cowards yet again prove that they are anarchists, communists and general stupidists. These ideaology powered geeks out to change the world need to take a cold shower. They should also to RTFA......

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  5. Re:How isn't this FUD? by Genevish · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ted Kazinsky called. Your shack in the woods is ready for you...

  6. Re:"Sensationalism" is correct. by stackdump · · Score: 3, Funny

    (either denouncing the iphone or heralding it as the second cumming) Did you mean "coming", I mean the iPhone is really cool but...
  7. Re:How isn't this FUD? by Eunuchswear · · Score: 2, Funny

    And Jobs is like Hitler in taking guns away from the iPhone users while allowing the Nokia (notice it starts with a "N") brownshirts to arm themselves to the teeth.

    So that's this thread completley Godwinized

    By the way, this is slashdot - you're supposed to use a stupid meaningless car analogy, not a stupid meaningless gun control analogy.

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