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Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilitiesWesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilitiesPosted Jul 22, 2010 7:05 UTC (Thu) by Felix.Braun (subscriber, #3032)In reply to: Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities by djao Parent article: Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities
I think you missed Trelane's sarcasm. I understood his comment as underlining the absurdity of wanting to control a device that Apple has sold. It is really sad that customers are willing to let Apple dictate what software runs on devices they own. But alas – as is shown by the commercial failure of free devices like the Nexus-One or the Neo Freerunner – freedom doesn't seem to be valued as much in the broader public as it is in our community.
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Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities Posted Jul 22, 2010 7:52 UTC (Thu) by djao (subscriber, #4263) [Link]
Certainly the premise of post-sale control is absurd to you, me, and (presumably) to Trelane, but it is far from absurd in the view of the general public. Indeed the (non-sarcastic) attitude of "they created the device, why can't they control everything about it?" is far more prevalent than the notion that users should have software freedom.
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