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FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

Posted Jun 10, 2010 8:17 UTC (Thu) by xav (guest, #18536)
Parent article: FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

I'm not sure Mr Schlesinger's blog deserves making LWN's very first headline.


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FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

Posted Jun 10, 2010 13:01 UTC (Thu) by wingo (guest, #26929) [Link]

Indeed. There were many ways to write this article; choosing Lefty's blog as a unifying theme is disappointing.

FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

Posted Jun 10, 2010 13:42 UTC (Thu) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

Ditto. Lefty is not exactly a neutral party, as an outspoken critic of the Free Software Foundation. This time, he leaves legal reality behind to push his agenda.

FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

Posted Jun 10, 2010 19:17 UTC (Thu) by armijn (subscriber, #3653) [Link]

I don't think he is leaving legal reality behind. Well, maybe he is, because I think there are far easier examples to show that FSF might not be correct here (IANAL).

FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

Posted Jun 11, 2010 14:00 UTC (Fri) by Lefty (guest, #51528) [Link]

Perhaps you can provide some specific details on how I've "left legal reality behind". Armijn doesn't seem to agree with you on this...

FSF takes on Apple's App Store over GPL

Posted Jun 10, 2010 22:50 UTC (Thu) by Lefty (guest, #51528) [Link]

I'm wondering whether this is the same "Xav" who made a public issue of the email client I happened to be using to post to the foundation-list a week or so ago. You'd seem to show a similar inclination to deal with minutiae rather that issues.

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