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So if someone wanted to be an asshole, they could send takedown notices for Pixie Scheme III (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2059242 http://news.ycombinato
by biot 16y ago
So if someone wanted to be an asshole, they could send takedown notices for Pixie Scheme III (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2059242 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2059242) as well as all other apps that are under GPL and Apple would no doubt follow the same approach and take them away?
Seems like a good way for closed source apps to remove their open source competition.
- rimantas 16y agoSeems like a good way for closed source apps to remove their open source competition. Not all open source uses GPL, thankfully.
- abrahamsen 16y ago"Someone" needs to be the legal owner of the GPL'ed code in question for the takedown notice to have any legal meaning.
- jonhendry 16y agoBut that could be a tiny portion of the code overall. One developer with a grudge can cause a problem, even if that developer has a tenuous connection to the project.
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- jbk 16y agoIf it has some code there, yes.