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   Message 107,063 of 107,822   
   Carlos E.R. to Marion   
   Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tu   
   08 Apr 25 00:45:01   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-04-07 22:34, Marion wrote:   
   > On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:57:32 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   > Hi Arno,   
   >   
   > I use iOS and Windows and Android concurrently, all day, every day.   
   > Most people do not (and I used to use Linux all day, every day too).   
   >   
   > So I know what's UNIQUE about iOS when it comes to Apple IPA locks.   
   >   
   > You're apparently responding to Alan Baker, who, besides being an Apple   
   > troll (i.e., one who brazenly denies everything he hates about Apple   
   > products), has never in his life ever used Windows, Linux or Android.   
      
   No, we are talking to you.   
      
   ...   
      
   > No other common consumer operating system restricts free app re-use.   
   > Only Apple.   
      
   Arlen, that defines that software as "non Free", period. Don't beat   
   around the bush. Meaning, don't write long explanations. That is not   
   Free software. It may be gratis, but it is not Free. Uppercase.   
      
   ...   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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