@aki, Heh, it boils down to differing opinions of the word "freedom." ;) GPL's definition of freedom is a "viral" one, meaning that derivatives of GPL software must also be be GPL. To the BSD people this is restrictive. BSD's definition is a less-restrictive freedom, in that you can do "whatever the fuck" you want to do with it, including print it on a roll of toilet paper and wipe your ___ with it. You can also choose to give back if you want. There is no obligation. :) Also, while they're similar UNIX-like OSes, FreeBSD and Mac OS X don't share much more than the kernel. Apple's userland is heavily modified, and the windowing environment is as proprietary as they come. Darwin's only useful if you're into computer science research basically! Alan On 11/11/2011 12:01 PM, aki wrote:
@Alan,
The issues are not about legalities. I can install FreeBSD and M$ on any machine I choose, why restrict me on MAC? Even at Enterprise level, I still have a choice on hardware when it comes to M$. Why make a super proprietary OS system and super restrict it to specific hardware?
I'm still waiting to read comments from fellow Open and Free Software groups that can deny they own at least one device of the most restrictive devices and system. :-)
Rgds.
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Alan Orth <alan.orth@gmail.com <mailto:alan.orth@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hey,
What Apple is doing with Mac OS X is completely legal. They're using code from the *BSD projects (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc), which are all licensed under the BSD license. The BSD license is not like the GPL; it allows you to use open-source code commercially without releasing your modifications to the source code. That's why corporations like BSD-licensed code and fear the GPL. ;)
Alan
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com <mailto:aki275@gmail.com>> wrote: > Thnks guys for the response. Unfortunately I don't have the time to discover > yet another "Open Source" system while could be the same people who probably > get funding from off-shoot of some unknown or undeclared enterprise. Some > food for thought for the Open and Free software evangelists... your highly > valued UNIX based kernel ( FREE ) is the biggest billion dollar industry > today. > I know understand why Wall-Street-Protests are gaining recognition. > Cheers. :-)
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