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|    Carlos E.R. to Marion    |
|    Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tu    |
|    06 Apr 25 13:18:29    |
      XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android       From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2025-04-03 01:38, Marion wrote:       > On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 09:34:53 +1300, Your Name wrote :       >       >       >>>>> But Apple is a commercial system. They do not provide free software.       >>>>       >>>> The two are not mutually exclusive. Some Apple funding goes to LLVM and       >>>> CUPS, that I can think of. Does that count as Ā“providingĀ” Free software       to       >>>> you?       >>>       >>> Ok, agreed, they do provide some free software.       >>       >> Apple of course provides a ton of free software for users of Apple       >> devices, including iMovie, Garage Band, Mail, Safari, Passwords, Pages,       >> Numbers, Keynote, Music, Messages, Photos, Time Machine, etc. ... plus       >> the various Apple operating systems themselves.       >       > There is a ton of "free software" for both iOS and for Android.       >       > What's unique about iOS is that you can't re-use that free software.       > That's bad.              Then it is not Free software. Free as in Freedom.              >       > What's common about all other operating systems is that you can.       > That's good.                     --       Cheers, Carlos.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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