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On 31 July 2011 10:48, sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote: > What freedom exactly are you missing from apples interpretation of the BSD > code. I see alot of folks yelling for 'freedom' but with the few areas where > the freedom is granted they are not doing anything useful at all > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well there is a major difference between the way Apple uses the BSD >> licensed code and the way Google does. Apple have taken BSD licensed >> code, made changes and then released it as proprietary code, whereas >> Google has taken it, made changes and then released it as BSD licensed >> code. Apple have taken away our freedom while Google retains it. >> >> Having said this I am not a fan of permissive licensing. I would never >> contribute any code to a project that had such a license. >> >> Thanks >> Tim >> >> On 31 July 2011 07:33, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Schofield does mention use of BSD code and license on android. Now from >> > what we see apple has always taken this route and made a lot of money from >> > it. Can the droid people do the same? Seems to me that extremely permissive >> > licensing like that of the bsd people keeps them in the shadows. >> > >> > >> > regards >> > Joachim >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> > >> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> > [email protected] >> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> > >> > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> > >> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> > any way. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> WebERP Africa Ltd >> +447710427049 >> +256752963327 >> +255758554413 >> www.weberpafrica.com >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. > > > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411 > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255758554413 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
