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Apple is pretty active in OSS for someone you'd call the polar opposite of RMS.
by tvon 16y ago
Apple is pretty active in OSS for someone you'd call the polar opposite of RMS.
- vorador 16y agoOh, yes, they're active, but only in their interest. You won't see apple freeing the source of cocoa...
- loewenskind 16y agoBut they're active right? Who's interests should they be active in? I bet their shareholders are so mad that they didn't follow Sun's lead....
- gizmomagico 16y agoOr Big Brother freeing the source to their Ad-magic.
- stoney 16y agoBut Open Source!=Free Software, as I'm sure RMS would point out if he was reading this. Apple do contribute to open source software, but you certainly don't have freedom when using their products, which is what RMS is all about.
- tvon 16y agoVery good point. Apple uses OSS for the sake of creating better software, not because they believe in any FSF ideals.