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Apple lifted 'make web go away' button from open source
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| Apple Safari's new "make web go away" button
| is based on an open source project distributed
| under the Apache 2 license.
|
| The Safari Reader â which debuted yesterday
| with version 5 of the Apple browser â is built
| using the source code for Readability, an
| Apache project from Arc90 Labs. In the wake of
| the browser's release, Arc90 praised Apple for
| including a tool that mimics its own â a tool
| that strips a webpage of its ads and site
| branding, reducing to text and core images â
| and only later did the outfit realize that
| Steve Jobs and cult had actually dipped into
| its code.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/safari_reader_based_on_open_source_project/
Apple bans competing ads from the iPhone
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| Apple has tweaked its developer terms and
| conditions to explicitly lock out in-
| application advertising services that might
| compete with its own iAd service.
|
| The new terms, picked up by All Things
| Digital, spell out the rules. Applications may
| not collect statistical information for
| advertising, or any other reason, without
| Apple's written permission - and you can be
| clear that Google, Microsoft and/or Opera need
| not apply.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/09/apple_iad/
Apple would rather remove app than leave open-source license
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| Games, both free and paid, are perennial
| favorites in mobile app stores. So it was no
| surprise that GNU Go â the free, GNU-based
| version of the ancient and popular game of Go
| â was available as a free download in the
| Apple iTunes store. Until recently.
|
| It disappeared as a direct result of a
| complaint from the Free Software Foundation
| that Apple's Terms of Service violate the
| software's license.
|
| GNU Go is licensed under GPLv2. Section 6
| expressly prohibits any "further restrictions"
| on the license, which allows anyone to copy,
| distribute or modify the software. But the App
| Store's Terms of Service do just that,
| restricting where the downloads can be
| installed.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/apple-would-rather-remove-app-leave-open-sour
An open door is an invitation. Why the FBI should investigate Crapple and DMCAT&T and leave the thieves alone.
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| With the recent spillage of 114,000+
| subscribers personal information, the FBI has
| opened an investigation:
|
| The problem is that the scope of the
| investigation is into who took the information
| and responsibly disclosed it, not into the
| circumstances which AT&T and Apple provided,
| making the theft easy, obvious, and
| repeatable. (Luckily the people that took it
| were not out to do damage, or it would have
| been done already.)
|
| In a rush to get a product to market, a
| typical proprietary software company puts
| little or no thought into security. After all,
| itâs not their personal information at stake,
| itâs the personal information of the persons
| crazy enough to trust the software thatâs
| impossible to audit. And in DMCAT&Tâs case,
| the network it travels across which is
| monitored by government spooks as well as
| criminals.
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http://izanbardprince.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/an-open-door-is-an-invitation-why-the-fbi-should-investigate-crapple-and-dmcatt-and-leave-the-thieves-alone/
What the AT&T breach means for iPad users (FAQ)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20007417-245.html
FBI begins probe into AT&T iPad security breach
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65960S20100611
Chris Blizzard on HTML5, Apple and Google
http://www.pwnage.ca/?p=721
Recent:
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
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.
|
| 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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