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Posted by olefowdie on · 4 comments
Eleven is Louder; By Bradford M. White 		Mail this story
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Lately, there has been a lot of anti-Apple talk around the open source community. To a point, I can see why. Apple took a lot of software packages that those of us in the BSD and Linux communities have loved for quite some time, and they've bundled that software with their own graphics server, desktop environment, and accompanying software; none of which, is open source. What I think bothers people most is that Apple was very successful with their implementation, and none of us were. Heck, we even had a head start. We started off with our software in 1991, while Apple didn't really start using the same software until the 2000s were well under way.

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Comments (4)

tuxchick ·
You should expand your reading a bit, Mr. Eleven is Louder (which is my favorite blog title ever). The current binge of Apple criticism has nothing to do with Apple's FOSS code contributions.
Alcibiades ·
Quite so. The question is why Apple wants to control whether I look at cartoons of political figures, or ladies in swimsuits, or why it cares which development tools were used to produce apps for the apparatus I bought.

Its like I go to the optician for my glasses, and I find in the case when I get them home, a EULA. The EULA explains at some length that I have one and only one license for this copyrighted prescription and that I agree to only use the glasses for looking at English Language PG rated content, which I agree only to buy at the store this optician operates.

Oh, and I seem to have agreed not to use these glasses to read any books from anywhere while having a bath.

Duh!
jdixon ·
> The question is why Apple wants to control...

Actually the most recent criticisms are as to whether Apple thinks it's above the law or not.
Bob_Robertson ·
Apple has always been half-half concerning F/OSS. Many people who work there are all for F/OSS, but management is "closed".

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