Parallels Desktop for Mac
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| Parallels Desktop for Mac(www.parallels.com) contains Wine’s Direct3D code
| according to http://www.parallels.com/en/licensing/. So far(June 30th, 2007)
| attempts to ask them for the modified source code failed. This page is meant
| for keeping track of this, without starting legal action or a publicity
| campaign yet.
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http://wiki.winehq.org/Parallels
Earlier today:
Apple hates Linux users
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| So, if you think that the iPhone is such as revolutionary device, then I
| think it is time that Linux users unite and ask Apple to support our
| platform. What do you say?
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http://www.hackitlinux.com/50226711/apple_hates_linux_users.php
Related:
Apple's Billion Dollar Patent Bluster
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| In our existing world of patent law, open source ideas can also come
| under threat by moneyed interests who hold patents. The accomplishments
| of free and open source collaborations often can't afford to license
| ideas that are patented, or wade through the complicated and expensive
| legal bureaucracy created to manage patents. Patented ideas are
| proprietary by definition: proprietary simply means owned, and patents
| are granted to an owner. This creates contention and problems in the
| world of open source development, where the ownership of ideas is
| intentionally shared using licenses such as the GPL, which are
| designed to prevent exclusive control. Open source projects aren't
| the only casualties of patent warfare. Whenever a patent portfolio
| falls into the hands of attorneys hoping to fully exploit its
| potential value, the interests of both businesses and consumers
| are threatened....In such attacks, the most vulnerable are the
| unarmed: open source developers who don't even like the idea of
| software patents. Patent terror attacks on collaborative resources
| that benefit society present a major problem.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/F68E528C-DC9A-4B12-A064-143924EBD3F1.html
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