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> If Apple and Google collaborated on a FOSS smartphone OS that both used, that would seem obviously illegal. Not sure why this would be “obviously” illegal. F
by jeffwass 2y ago
> If Apple and Google collaborated on a FOSS smartphone OS that both used, that would seem obviously illegal.
Not sure why this would be “obviously” illegal. For example - Intel, IBM, Compaq, Microsoft and others collaborated to design the USB port standard. It’s an open standard, any of their competitors is free to use it.
- unwind 2y agoWell, kinda, there are still fees for things like the right to use the various USB logos and of course to allocate a vendor ID [1] ($3,500 for two years, and $6,000 respectively). [1]: https://www.usb.org/getting-vendor-id https://www.usb.org/getting-vendor-id