New Essay - "FOSS Licences Wars"

[Shlomi Fish]

On Wednesday 02 September 2009 12:30:34 Meir Kriheli wrote:
> On 09/01/2009 11:21 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
> 
> <snipped/>
> 
> > Apple is actually a pretty decent supporter of FOSS, they just chose not
> > to use the GPL, which lead them to BSD instead of Linux, and they kept
> > parts of their operating system and technology proprietary. They have an
> > obligation to their stockholders to maintain the value of their
> > investment. They also pay their employees fairly and have good benefits,
> > something that some people on this list feel is their right as
> > consultants marketing FOSS, but not the right of the developers of it.
> >
> > Geoff.
> 
> A company which shuts down websites (to let their PR keep rolling on
> launch), forces other to remove videos (wired), uses the DMCA to hold
> down a wiki site (just to keep a format hidden) and much more are no
> supporters of FOSS.
> 
> The "obligation to stockholders" is a lame excuse (just like, "it's a
> company, they need to make money") for keeping a fake "FOSS"/"Cool" mask.
> 

In addition to what Meir said further, I should note that I've been collecting 
many anti-Apple links here:

http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/apple/

Plenty of links and citations there.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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