XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
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   Alan, 2025-04-03 23:15:   
      
   > On 2025-04-02 16:38, 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 ´providing¡ 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.   
   >   
   > It would be...   
   >   
   > ...if it were true...   
   >   
   > ...but it's false.   
      
   There is a difference between software which is "for free" and software   
   which is "free".   
      
   "Free software" is usually open source and you can use the source code   
   for your own versions with any modifications you want to apply to it.   
      
   Is the source code of iMovie, Garage Band, Mail, Safari, Passwords,   
   Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Music, Messages, Photos, Time Machine open and   
   available? Or are these programs just "for free" aka "gratis"?   
      
      
      
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