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0 pointssjwright5y ago0 comments

If you don't respect Apple's software license terms, you have no moral authority to insist anyone respects the GPL's license terms.

I take it you'd have no objection to Google forking the Linux kernel for Android and refusing all requests for the source code.

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entha_saava5y ago

Apple's software license terms are monopolistic and actively harm the industry, unlike GPL.

sjwrightOP5y ago

Irrelevant. Both licenses rely on exactly the same laws, morality and principles. Either you think intellectual property can be owned and licensed, or you think it should not be.

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entha_saava5y ago

Apple's software license terms are monopolistic and actively harm the industry, unlike GPL.

sjwrightOP5y ago

Irrelevant. Both licenses rely on exactly the same laws, morality and principles. Either you think intellectual property can be owned and licensed, or you think it should not be.

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