Did apple just copy ubuntu?

[Tek Ang]

Wow...

 Well, it doesn't surprise me. What Apple is trying to do is to condition the 
general public with the idea that if it is free, it is not good. If you pay for 
it, it is a 'quality guarantee' item. Almost similar tactic by M$.

Growing up in a multiple cultural backgrounds, I am fortunate to be able to put 
myself back and observe the general public before I act or accept anything. The 
scariest thing that I have observed with the average and hard core Apple users 
are that they use them blindly. They rely themselves on Apple telling them to 
purchase this, to use this, to watch and listen to this. 






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From: Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 1:22:37 AM
Subject: Re: Did apple just copy ubuntu?

 Everything is more complicated than it looks:

http://torrentfreak.com/apple-users-forced-to-pirate-vlc-player-whatever-next-110108/


 
[...]
>One of the original developers of VLC, Rémi Denis-Courmont,         angrily 
>pointed out that incompatibilities exist between Apple’s         DRM policies 
>and the terms of the GNU General Public License         under which VLC is 
>offered. While the GNU license allows Apple         to offer an iOS version of 
>VLC, the layer of DRM it puts over         the top of the application was a 
>no-no.
>“Today, a formal notification of copyright infringement was         sent to 
>Apple Inc. regarding distribution of the VLC media         player for iPad, 
>iPhone and iPod Touch,” wrote Denis-Courmont on October 26th 2010, adding that 
>the likely         outcome would be that Apple would be forced to pull the free 
>app         from the App Store.
>And yesterday, that’s exactly what happened.
>In a post titled         “There’s no app for that (anymore),” Denis-Courmont 
>celebrates         his victory.
>[...]
>
--Bob, who used to believe everything he read on the Internet.


On 11-01-10 05:22 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: 
Ha!       What did I tell you? 
>
>http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/no-gpl-apps-for-apples-app-store/8046 
>
>
>     No GPL Apps for Apple's App Store 
>
>
>   On January 7th, Apple removed VLC media player from its       application 
>   store for iDevices. Thus the incompatibility between the GNU       General 
>   Public License and the AppStore terms of use is resolved–the       hard 
>   way. This end should not have come to a surprise to anyone,       given 
>   the precedents. 
>
>--Bob, who thinks "What did I tell you?" is ever so much nicer       than "I 
>told you so!" 
>
>
>
>On 11-01-06 09:14 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: 
>
>More linky goodness: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/47521 
>>
>>If this becomes the norm for application development then I         think I'll 
>>open a Developer's Coffee Shop to lure in programmers         and get them to 
>>make apps for me. I can use the $100. 
>>
>>
>>--Bob, investing another two cents to get richer quicker. 
>>
>>
>>On 11-01-06 04:01 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: 
>>
>>..except that only Apple-approved           developers can create Apple-approved 
>>applications which will           contibute 30% to Apple's profit margin. 
>>
>>>
>>>Those who buy Mac-apps won't own them, can't modify them, and           probably 
>>>won't be able to see the source. 
>>>
>>>
>>>Apple will probably be able to revoke applications when they           decide 
>>>that information doesn't want to be free after all. 
>>>
>>>
>>>--Bob, who got up on the cynical side of the bed this morning. 
>>>
>>>
>>>On 11-01-06 03:10 PM, James wrote: 
>>>
>>>http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/ 
>>>>
>>>>Sounds a lot like the "software-center" 
>>>>
>>
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