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BSD and GPL are licenses
EULA is a contract
Posted by: rpmyers1   Posted on: 07/17/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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You're off  rpmyers1 | 07/17/08
Way off  Richard Flude | 07/17/08
EULA = Doublespeak  rpmyers1 | 07/17/08
Can we just say  Len Rooney | 07/17/08
Yes We Can  DannyO_0x98 | 07/18/08
Marshmallows  Len Rooney | 07/19/08
The EULA does take away rights...  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/17/08
Did they agree?  rpmyers1 | 07/17/08
That's not true  laura.b | 07/18/08
There it is  Len Rooney | 07/18/08
Confusion and Misunderstanding  daengbo | 07/21/08
What the hell are you smoking?  laura.b | 07/21/08
A License grants rights and withholds others  Marcos El Malo | 07/18/08
On second thought . . .  Marcos El Malo | 07/18/08
Actually it doesn't *restrict* hardware usage  wolf_z | 07/20/08
There's always an implied license  alaniane@... | 07/29/08
Option nunber 3 - You challenge the validity of said contract.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/08
Actually  Richard Flude | 07/19/08
Wrong  daengbo | 07/21/08
Wrong  Mectron | 07/17/08
The Devil?  aj.redmond@... | 07/18/08
RE: Open source should support Apple over Psystar  xxyl | 07/17/08
In reality  daengbo | 07/18/08
This is way off base, Dana.  BrucePerens | 07/17/08
I am be wrong...  zkiwi | 07/17/08
You're right  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/17/08
Having someone say...  zkiwi | 07/17/08
They don't have to declare the license  alaniane@... | 07/29/08
That *IS* reverse engineering  rpmyers1 | 07/17/08
Really?  zkiwi | 07/17/08
Thanks for responding  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/17/08
Apple did choose....  mrlinux | 07/18/08
Not really since the BSD license  alaniane@... | 07/29/08
OSX is not an OS - it is an interface built on FreeBSD  chuck@... | 07/18/08
The FreeBSD license is NOT the GPL (NT)  Update victim | 07/18/08
Also see the light  tBuggR | 07/18/08
Apples EULA...  mrlinux | 07/18/08
Except for the fact that you would open  alaniane@... | 07/29/08
IBM sued and lost  daengbo | 07/21/08
Finally the voice of reason  kitko | 07/17/08
But  daengbo | 07/18/08
GPL is not much better  Duke E. Love | 07/17/08
License terms and contracts are choices  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/17/08
WHAT?  Duke E. Love | 07/17/08
Choices?  aj.redmond@... | 07/18/08
Iraq?  Marcos El Malo | 07/18/08
Dana, Dana, Dana  People | 07/18/08
Could you be more explicit?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
Just misinformed  aj.redmond@... | 07/18/08
Go back to IBM's introduction of the PC.  Ken_z | 07/18/08
I seriously doubt that IBM, HP  alaniane@... | 07/29/08
Not necessarily  exolon | 07/19/08
It's simple  daengbo | 07/18/08
Beautifully argued  Kaiwai | 07/17/08
Erm..  zkiwi | 07/18/08
Na  Kaiwai | 07/18/08
Raised but escaped, but considering a return...  zkiwi | 07/18/08
Nice to hear from the All Blacks  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
*ahem*  zkiwi | 07/18/08
Whatever. It's a beautiful country  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
Nelson  Len Rooney | 07/18/08
Seems logical to me  People | 07/18/08
When will Apple Support Open Source?!  shawn_dude | 07/18/08
One question...  zkiwi | 07/18/08
A bit more than trivial  Stuka | 07/18/08
Another option would be for them  alaniane@... | 07/29/08
Apple does support OSS.  People | 07/18/08
eula yeah right  ggossett001 | 07/18/08
May I suggest...  Stuka | 07/18/08
That's not the way the law works  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
And if everyone thought and did like you  People | 07/18/08
Use your brain, mate  aj.redmond@... | 07/18/08
iTunes on Linux  stevejg61 | 07/18/08
The real argument there isn't with Apple  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
RE: Open source should support Apple over Psystar  ebudae@... | 07/18/08
RE: Open source should support Apple over Psystar  freygr | 07/18/08
Maybe not  John L. Ries | 07/18/08
I think the big question is how enforceable an unsigned contract is  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
Software is already classed as a literary work  wolf_z | 07/20/08
We are better than you!  Narg | 07/18/08
Timothy S. Vernor vs. Autodesk ??? Erosion of the EULA  kyron.gustafson@... | 07/18/08
Thanks for presenting that Kyron  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
I'm Confused Dana  aj.redmond@... | 07/18/08
No about turn here  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/19/08
Or, EULAs need to be discarded entirely.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/18/08
Just curious  Michael Kelly | 07/18/08
Niether  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/08
Not fighting for principle  C0MM3NT | 07/18/08
Wow.  People | 07/18/08
EULAs and GPL are different beasts  Marcos El Malo | 07/18/08
Dana, if I couldn't see your picture,  People | 07/18/08
Over 30?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
Bull  wizardb@... | 07/18/08
Isn't that allowed under the BSD?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/18/08
There it is --mispost  Len Rooney | 07/18/08
Open Source can't support Apple  tracy anne | 07/18/08
So how important is Psystar now?  Ken_z | 07/18/08
Ah, another "Pystar is a scam" post  wolf_z | 07/20/08
Well...  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/18/08
Hating Apple Won't Sell More Linux  g15host | 07/18/08
Two points  John L. Ries | 07/19/08
RE: Open source should support Apple over Psystar  Graham Ellison | 07/19/08
Almost agree  John L. Ries | 07/19/08
The principle  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/19/08
No, they don't.  wolf_z | 07/20/08
RE: Open source should support Apple over Psystar  russell@... | 07/20/08
RE: Open source should support Apple over Psystar  C0MM3NT | 07/21/08

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