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Re: [OFFTOPIC] Apple and GPL (was: Emacs CLA requirement)
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tomas |
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Re: [OFFTOPIC] Apple and GPL (was: Emacs CLA requirement) |
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Wed, 16 Jun 2021 15:52:52 +0200 |
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 09:25:14AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > Yes, that is what I mean. They just stopped updating e.g. bash, so they
> > didn't have to use the GPLv3 license. Why, I too never understood.
>
> IIUC it's fundamentally because poor little Steve Jobs was traumatized
> when he was forced by the GPL to release the source code modifications
> to GCC that added support for Objective C.
Hey! That's what I was trying to explain to my Apple colleagues.
But they didn't understand...
> Exactly how that early-life trauma with GPL<3 turned into a paranoia
> about GPL≥3 is still somewhat unclear, tho.
I believe in ghosts. It is Steve Jobs's restless ghost haunting
1 Apple Park Way.
Cheers
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