Richard M. Stallman is glad Jobs is gone

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Alejandro Imass <aimass-EzYyMjUkBrFWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>

| I personally see Apple as Open Source friendly

I'm lobster friendly.  I'll eat them whenever they are available.

Apple will use open source but isn't very good at giving back.

- they like BSD licensed code because it doesn't force them to give
  back.  The Darwin process is more open than required, but still
  not very good.

- when they used GPLed code, they have a long term plan to migrate
  away.  Example: migrating from GCC.  Example: migrating from Samba
  Domain Server stuff (I don't know enough about this to even get the
  description right).

- the only reason that their Objective C front-end to GCC was released
  was because Stallman or his proxies forced them to recognize that
  the GPL applied.

Using Open Source doesn't get you many points in my book unless you
intend to give something back.
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