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I'm quite sure you are wrong...
The last thing Apple needs is to steal code. They have some of the brightest software engineer's on the planet.
Posted by: BitTwiddler   Posted on: 05/12/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Just one question - Why?  Roger Ramjet | 05/12/05
You are pretty much right.  nucrash | 05/12/05
I'm quite sure you are wrong...  BitTwiddler | 05/12/05
Not too hard to understand  Fred Fredrickson | 05/12/05
Meeting the letter but not spirit...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
Agreed  rkadowns | 05/12/05
Such is the nature of freedom  tic swayback | 05/12/05
RE: Such is the nature of freedom  nightshade0143 | 05/12/05
Freedom to be nasty  tic swayback | 05/13/05
What???  nomorems | 05/13/05
Feeling and Doing  nomorems | 05/13/05
What lie exactly?  tic swayback | 05/12/05
Lying Liars  Roger Ramjet | 05/16/05
What does "join" mean?  tic swayback | 05/16/05
The GPL encourages forking (in a good way)  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
Here, here!  cashaww | 05/12/05
I checked and the license is actually LGPL  DonnieBoy | 05/12/05
There are limits though  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
It really boils down as to wheather it is derived code or not.  DonnieBoy | 05/12/05
Can you say "time to market"????  DonnieBoy | 05/12/05
You forget who you're dealing with  tic swayback | 05/12/05
Wait a minute here...  BitTwiddler | 05/12/05
Improved product?  Joe Blow_z | 05/12/05
But is this simply a HE said SHE said thing?  Laff | 05/12/05
Read the article  Fred Fredrickson | 05/12/05
IF that is the case...  BitTwiddler | 05/12/05
Exactly  tic swayback | 05/12/05
Not pathetic, expected.  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
The bright side of it  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
Not in this case  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
But if Apple's improvements are that much better  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
It said,  cashaww | 05/14/05
I was about to hammer you.  rkadowns | 05/12/05
Expectations  tic swayback | 05/12/05
RE: Exactly  Iain_Peters | 05/12/05
Please show me where Apple broke the law  tic swayback | 05/12/05
Meeting the letter of the law doesn't always result in a good public image.  DonnieBoy | 05/12/05
Crybabies  rkadowns | 05/12/05
Open Source = Communism = Failure...AGAIN  rhinohat@... | 05/12/05
Another clueless response  Tim Patterson | 05/12/05
FOSS isn't Leninism, yes.  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
Anyone  cashaww | 05/14/05
No it's more like the traditional and VERY American  Laff | 05/12/05
Then who owns the barn?  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
In the case of the Barn the trade off was the owners help  Laff | 05/12/05
Great for barns...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
In the end I tend to wonder if the whole Open Source and Linux  Laff | 05/12/05
Disregarding patents and all other regulations...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
I think the whole arguement about new drugs not being  Laff | 05/12/05
Drug companies look for a peaceful life...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
The problem with drug companies is that there is NO  Laff | 05/12/05
And when you look for a match...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
Gotta disagree  Linux User 147560 | 05/12/05
I believe in kindness, too.  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
Unintended?  rapson | 05/12/05
In the end the strongest survive  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
As I've been saying in my concerns about other area's  Laff | 05/12/05
Maybe they consider killing commercial software companies as...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
Maybe they consider killing commercial software companies as...  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
An open source company...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
I don't see the failure in your example  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
Did you realize the strategy you describe...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
RE: I don't see the failure in your example  jacrav | 05/12/05
I did not realize dumping internationally was illegal  Michael Kelly | 05/12/05
Yes, part of the anti-trust case...  Anton Philidor | 05/12/05
First  Linux User 147560 | 05/15/05
Good, thoughtful points.  Anton Philidor | 05/16/05
By the way, sounds like you weren't a general.  Anton Philidor | 05/16/05
A better comparison  Johnny Mnemonic | 05/13/05
Nothing like using a tech article  BitTwiddler | 05/12/05
I hate Apple, they are awful  mlindl | 05/12/05
No worries  Tim Patterson | 05/12/05
Cool  Fred Fredrickson | 05/12/05
I don't own a browser that passes!  dzash2000 | 05/12/05
Safari!  Fred Fredrickson | 05/16/05
Dude! Stop jumping to conclusions here I'm a big fan  Laff | 05/12/05
I get that all the time  rapson | 05/12/05
Stereotyped...I'm not even a big music fan!?!  Laff | 05/12/05
Slow day, eh?  rapson | 05/12/05
Much ado about SOP  dzash2000 | 05/12/05
RE: Much ado about SOP  nightshade0143 | 05/12/05
This is one reason to use the GPL. Then they have to make it all public.  DonnieBoy | 05/12/05
Apple declined to comment for this story.  nikoli | 05/12/05
Yes typical and if one looks at Apple's long history  Laff | 05/12/05
nikoli disses Apple once again...  MacCanuck | 05/12/05
Not a big surprise ...  George Mitchell | 05/12/05
If that's the case ?  jacrav | 05/12/05
I agree ...  George Mitchell | 05/12/05
I tend to doubt it....For one very good reason..Steve Jobs  Laff | 05/12/05
Perspective  Richard Flude | 05/12/05
the problem is the difference between what apple said and what they did. it  wessonjoe | 05/13/05
What are you babbling about?  tic swayback | 05/13/05
hey wait a minute, is anyone paying attention?  doh123 | 05/12/05
just taking this authors word for it, and not looking at the code, i'd have  wessonjoe | 05/13/05
Forget this author, let's ask an expert  tic swayback | 05/13/05
Open Source World versus the Real World  rhinohat@... | 05/13/05
Yeah...so what's the problem here?  rottweilerus | 05/14/05
If Apple forked the KHTML codebase, they'd offer the code for download  hipparchus2000 | 05/16/05

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