apple (was: Re: malicious "subscription" websites and GPL)

[Armijn Hemel]

hiya,

First: don't start a new topic in an existing thread. It makes
searching, indexing and all a lot harder and it may break mail clients.

> i would like to know if apple has violated the GNU General Public
> License with the iphone. it seems that the browser is GNU General
> Public License and was not distributed on http/ftp/cvs/svn/fd/cd/dvd
> the source code.
> 
> at the same time apple has not any respect for GNU General Public
> License Free Software and seems that search other ways to use the free
> softwares, without respect the GNU General Public License
> 
> apple think that can do the same thing with FreeBSD License, but
> FreeBSD License is compatible with the GNU General Public License
> 
> apple must have respect for developers and software

Wowowowow dude, get your facts straight first before you accuse someone
of breaking a license. Yes, Apple is using Safari on the iPhone. Yes,
this browser is based on WebKit, which is based on KHTML, which is LGPL
licensed (*not* GPL). AFAIK Apple has been very careful with complying
with the license terms.

Yes, the BSD license is GPL compatible, but that does not automatically
make BSD code GPL licensed.

armijn

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