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FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL
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| Smith followed up the original post with a more
| detailed explanation on May 27. In it, he says that
| the particular license violation that FSF bought up
| with Apple was section 6 of the GPLv2, which states
| that a redistributor of the licensed program may
| not impose further restrictions on the recipients
| to copy, distribute, or modify the program. Apple's
| App Store terms of service do impose several
| restrictions, such as limiting usage of the program
| to five devices approved by Apple.
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http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/391423/e287f0da62dbbdb4/
Apple vs. GPL, Round One
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| One might point out that you can certainly work
| with GNU Go and test out modified source on your
| own iPad. All you have to do is join Apple's
| developer program, which is not really too much of
| a big deal.
|
| But the FSF doesn't really see this as freedom.
| First, developers in Apple's program can only
| redistribute software to others under Apple's
| terms. The GPL insists that redistribution not
| attach any additional restrictions to derived
| works. And secondly, a user who develops a modified
| version of GNU Go may or may not be able to
| distribute it - they are subject to Apple's
| capricious approval process. Again, this is a
| limitation on their freedom.
|
| As it stands right now, the Apple iPhone/iPad
| ecosystem is not going to work with code published
| under GPLv2 or GPLv3. This is a shame, and it would
| really be nice to see Apple do something to remedy
| the situation. Free software has been very good to
| Apple, and in many cases, Apple has given back to
| the movement. But the current situation is such a
| blatant slap in the face to free software that
| every one of us can feel the sting.
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http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/06/apple_vs_gpl_ro.html
Hands-free repetition
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| Apple removed the product, prompting the FSF to
| note that Apple doesn't value people's independence
| and creativity.
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/38444/hands-free-repetition
Hands off my Apple
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| Apple is so hot right now that everything it
| unveils flies off the shelves, sending its share
| price higher. The question longer term however, is
| whether its "closed" strategy of development can
| continue to deliver the goods -- and the buzz -- as
| open-source operating systems such as Android offer
| slick new applications and growing competition.
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http://www.financialpost.com/news/technology/Hands+Apple/3120874/story.html
Apple WWDC 2010: Can Steve Jobs' closed system keep it fresh?
http://www.financialpost.com/news/features/Hands+Apple/3120140/story.html
Recent:
Death to âPiracyâ: Should All Music Sharing Be Free? [VIDEO]
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| Free software activist Richard Stallman
| certainly wouldnât say so. Stallman started
| the Free Software Foundation based on four
| principles.
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| 1. Information, such as computer software,
| should be freely accessible.
| 2. The information should be free to
| modify.
| 3. The information should be free to share
| with others.
| 4. The information should be free to
| change and redistribute copies of the
| changed software.
|
| While not all of these principles apply to
| music, he says, some of them should apply.
| And a lot of music fans and musicians tend to
| agree with him. In many ways, the corporate
| side of the music industryâs attitude toward
| musical content mimics Microsoftâs or Adobeâs
| or Appleâs attitude toward software. This
| attitude often does nothing to help those who
| create or those who enjoy the content in
| question; it does everything to make money
| for the corporations who oversee licensing
| and purchase fees.
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http://mashable.com/2010/05/31/free-music-sharing/
Google should add license information to its Market
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| Many of you surely know the Android operating
| system developed by Google. Maybe not everybody
| know itâs not fully free software.
|
| This is why activists from LibrePlanet Italia
| and Software Freedom Law Center created a fully
| free software Android alternative called
| Replicant.
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http://www.sorbaioli.org/2010/06/03/google-should-add-license-information-to-its-market/
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