Apple was the first GPL violator

http://ebb.org/bkuhn/talks/LinuxTag-2011/compliance.html

by vu3rdd • 15 years ago

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droithomme2• 15 years ago

Is that really a violation? The made small modifications to gcc, they were asked for the source code to those modifications, they gave the source code to those who requested it. Isn't that what the GPL says? You have to make the source code available?

terrywilcox2• 15 years ago

NeXT voluntarily coming into compliance when asked is not nearly as exciting as "Apple violates GPL!".

marekmroz• 15 years ago

...voluntarily coming into compliance AFTER being caught in the act of non-compliance which made it a GPL violator.

terrywilcox2• 15 years ago

Except it wasn't Apple.

NeXT wasn't Apple. It particularly wasn't Apple in 1989.

And it came into compliance, then contributed to gcc.

That makes the headline bogus. Fishing for page views?

ars• 15 years ago

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xdissent• 15 years ago

Life saver... except it's not worth reading.

tzs• 15 years ago

What is the alleged FUD Apple spreads about GPL3?

Apple was the first GPL violator

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