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> Well, everyone breaks rules. That's not valid justification for what occurred at all. They broke the rules, and Apple gave them what many consider a light pu
by urda 11y ago
> Well, everyone breaks rules.
That's not valid justification for what occurred at all. They broke the rules, and Apple gave them what many consider a light punishment.
Ifixit has learned a valuable lesson for a cheap price. This was not ok.
- leoedin 11y agoThe OP isn't using it as a justification for what occurred. They're rightly stating that iFixit breaking a license agreement doesn't then give other people the right to break a license agreement (in this case the license of their app) with iFixit. If you start going down the rabbit hole of "You violated their license terms so I'm going to violate your license terms" then things would fall apart very quickly. Is it morally OK to pirate Justin Bieber's music because he faced drugs charges? Is it reasonable to shoplift from Walmart because they broke a contract with a supplier? iFixit broke their contact with Apple, and for that they should (and apparently have) faced repurcussions. That doesn't give anyone the moral right not to respect the license they publish their app source code under (by putting ads on it or selling it).