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Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed

Posted by kdawson on from the oh-give-me-a-clone dept.

CNet has a report that a federal judge has dismissed Psystar's antitrust suit against Apple. Observers had said that the counter-suit embodied the Mac clone-maker's best chance of prevailing and staying in business. We've been following Psystar and the dueling lawsuits since the beginning.

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  1. Re:As much as I dislike Apple... by dssstrkl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's the problem with Apple making money using FOSS? Its not like they don't write their own code or contribute very strongly back to the community?

  2. Re:As much as I dislike Apple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're not profiting off the Free & Open Source Software that they did not initially create. You can download that bit for free, no profit for Apple. Free of charge, completely.

    What they're profiting from is the non-OSS part that they did create (or bought the rights to, in the case of the NeXT created segment) and the integration of the F/OSS that they use with their OS. That's their work and not covered by F/OSS licenses.