>That's a lie by definition Telling a lie is to say something you know isn't true. If they honestly intended to open source FaceTime and then changed their min

>That's a lie by definition Telling a lie is to say something you know isn't true. If they honestly intended to open source FaceTime and then changed their mind (for whatever reason) that is not a lie by any definition. But I agree with you that it casts doubt on their determination to follow through on their open source promises. And that sort of doubt is extremely detrimental to any uptake of open sourced software.