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Linux to Over take Apple on Desktop
Laukev7:
quote: Considering that Apple is still proprietary
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What are you talking about? Apple is not proprietary. Mac OS X is; Darwin and Rendezvous are not. Besides, there is nothing wrong with proprietary stuff. If Apple was to give away their GUI, they'd be sure to be overthrown in no time.
flap:
Yes it is. Darwin isn't free software. And even if it were, this one piece of software being free (which it isn't) wouldn't invalidate the statement "Apple['s software] is still proprietary"
And there is something very wrong with proprietary software.
Laukev7:
You always seem to turn up whenever anyone discusses of free software, don't you, flap.
So, you believe that Darwin isn't free because Stallman says so? Didn't you chide me for basing morality on written laws before?
quote: And there is something very wrong with proprietary software.
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No. You cannot force a company to divulge secrets if it doesn't want to.
flap:
Who mentioned stallman? The APSL is not a free software licence, and Darwin is not free software. The source is available, but you can't really do anything with it without Apple's permission.
quote:You cannot force a company to divulge secrets if it doesn't want to.
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No, not if they don't want to distribute the software at all and keep it private. But if they do publish it then they should be forced to divulge the source code.
Laukev7:
quote: The APSL is not a free software licence, and Darwin is not free software.
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According to whom?
quote: No, not if they don't want to distribute the software at all and keep it private. But if they do publish it then they should be forced to divulge the source code.
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I have never seen a restautant divulge recipies with their customers' orders, and neither should they if they do not want to. Same goes for software.
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