Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:17:24 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ZDNet columnist bashes Apple for using BSD Message-ID: <003101c0d390$568b6060$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200105022027.OAA27329@lariat.org>
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Let me just say for the record that Even Leibowitz isn't bashing Apple for not using GPL, he's bashing Apple for the following (these are his quotes from the article): "The folks at Apple haven't offered any clarification to the FreeType project" "refusal to offer any open source support for its QuickTime streaming video format" "company won't allow open source programmers to make their own Sorenson-aware [Quicktime] players." "Apple likely won't port most open source GUI applications" In a nutshell the 2 big beefs are TrueType and Quicktime. Now, he was able to create a column over these 2 things, and thus his job (for the week I guess) is finished. I frankly don't personally give a rip either way about these 2 things, but I'll give Even one thing - he is absolutely right when he says it's shameful that Apple refuses to make a statement regarding this. If Apple doesen't want to open Quicktime or Truetype that's their business but it's an act of a coward to not come out and SAY that they are not going open these technologies. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brett Glass >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:28 PM >To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: ZDNet columnist bashes Apple for using BSD > > >At > >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2714722,00.html > >ZDNet Linux columnist Even Leibowitz bashes Apple for not using >GPLed software as the basis for OS X. According to Leibowitz, >Apple is e-vile because it used open source code so as to >avoid re-writing the wheel.... Horrors! Folks here might >want to comment in the Talkback about this. > >--Brett > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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