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http://www.fsf.org/ar/2010-05-app-store-compliance
GPL Enforcement in Apple's App Store
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| An iPhone port of GNU Go is currently
| being distributed through Apple's App
| Store. However, this distribution is not
| in compliance with the GNU GPL. The
| primary problem is that Apple imposes
| numerous legal restrictions on use and
| distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes
| Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden
| by section 6 of GPLv2. So today we have
| written to Apple and asked them to come
| into compliance. We would be happy to see
| Apple distribute these programs under the
| GPL's terms, but unfortunately, it seems
| much more likely that they'll simply make
| the problem go away by removing GNU Go
| from the App Store.
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http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance/
Apple Insecurity
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| Yet another reason to use GNU/Linux, an OS
| designed by geeks for performance. Carpet
| bombing self is not performance, Steve.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/05/25/apple-insecurity/
Vulnerability in iPhone data encryption
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| A lost iPhone is a bigger problem than
| previously thought. Despite encryption the
| finder can gain easy access to data
| including photos and audio recordings,
| even if the owner has set up their iPhone
| to require a pass code. And, of all
| things, this is made possible with Linux â
| the very operating system which Apple
| regularly cold-shoulders.
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http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Vulnerability-in-iPhone-data-encryption-1008185.html
Recent:
HTC Takes Revenge; Hits Apple
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| Bruce Perens has written in detail about
| the problems of software patents, âPatents,
| originally created to stimulate innovation,
| may now be having the opposite effect, at
| least in the software industry. Plagued by
| an exponential growth in software patents,
| many of which are not valid, software
| vendors and developers must navigate a
| potential minefield to avoid patent
| infringement and future lawsuits. Coupled
| with strategies to exploit this confusion
| over patents, especially in standards
| setting organizations, it appears that
| software advancement will become stifled
| unless legal action is taken to resolve the
| situation...â
|
| He further wrote ... âPatent royalties tend
| to create discrimination against small-to-
| medium-sized businesses developing any form
| of software, and especially against Open
| Source developers.
|
| The largest businesses in an industry
| generally have patent cross-licenses with
| their peers, and thus they may ignore each
| other's patents while smaller businesses
| have no choice but to license those patents
| if they use them. As a result, there is a
| "tax" upon technology that small businesses
| must pay while the largest businesses are
| exempt.â
|
| Software patents have become weapons for
| companies to fight with each other. This
| not only wastes valuable resources but also
| time of courts. Many activists and experts
| have been raising questions about the
| legality of software patents.
|
| Many countries including India do no allow
| software patents.
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http://www.katonda.com/blog/1143/htc-apple-patent-warfare-time-make-software-patents-illegal
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