[OT] Re: iPod support in Linux

[Rashkae]

Avi Greenbury wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:12:06 +0000 (UTC)
> thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> BSD is great for apple, not so much for apple users, because the BSD 
>> license allows apple to take and not give.  If you're ok with that, and 
>> you want things to "just work", apple offers very good integration I 
>> understand.
> 
> I don't see how that's a bad thing for apple users? Bad for BSD users, possibly, since they miss out on apple's development.
> 

Bad for Apple users in the Richard Stallman sense. Apple users are
unable to benefit from the rapid community development/improvements that
Open Systems can enjoy.  They do not benefit from the 'freedom' that one
should be entitled to with "ownership" of their computer.

Whether you think this is a catastrophic loss for the user or no big
deal, maybe even a net benefit for the end user, will depend on your
experience, and how often you got hog tied by your own equipment due to
closed source policies.