> "Rude and arrogant" am I? There are plenty around who would (and do) > say the opposite. They'd also probably see you in that light instead. > I usually don't respond to flames but I agree with what Jonathan is saying here
> >they go around stealing > >Free Software code by pretending they wrote it, then charging an > >outrageous fee for it. > > If you mean the BSD kernel in OS X, I suggest you read the BSD > licence - it's specifically designed to allow commercial use of the > code. All you have to do is acknowledge the original sources, which > I see no indication of Apple trying to cover up (they even use "BSD > UNIX kernel" in public-facing advertising). Most of the cost of OS X > is made of Apple's proprietary technologies, which are layered neatly > on *top* of the kernel, where they should be. Apple using the BSD kernel is actualy helpful. Apple contributes back to the BSD community. The Release Engineer for FreeBSD works for apple, so I think he'd be aware of some stealing if such a thing was possible for the BSD license. -- David W. Chapman Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net> [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
