Comments on: taking a leak from Apple http://willbenton.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=fv+&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.willbenton.com%2F2005%2F01%2Ftaking-a-leak-from-apple%2F&seed_title=taking+a+leak+from+Apple a weblog by Will Benton Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:20:02 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will Benton http://willbenton.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=fv+&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.willbenton.com%2F2005%2F01%2Ftaking-a-leak-from-apple%2F&seed_title=taking+a+leak+from+Apple/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Will Benton Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:10:20 +0000 http://blog.willbenton.com/archive/2005/01/06/taking-a-leak-from-apple/#comment-703 I have no idea what you're talking about --- when did Apple steal icons? I used Linux exclusively for seven years before switching to OS X, and I can't say the Mac icons are anything but a step up. As far as code goes, OS X includes many GNU utilities and BSD tools, but so do most commercial Unix-like systems. (Whether these are included in the base install or on a skunkworks CD is irrelevant.) Both kinds of redistribution are legal given the terms under which the Free tools are licensed --- and value-added redistribution (or building entire systems on top of open-source infrastructure) has been a fine business model for many companies, including Cygnus, Red Hat, TiVo, and more. Finally, none of this is germane to the issue of NDA violation and suing to plug leaks (viz., the topic of my post). So, what's your point? I have no idea what you’re talking about — when did Apple steal icons? I used Linux exclusively for seven years before switching to OS X, and I can’t say the Mac icons are anything but a step up.

As far as code goes, OS X includes many GNU utilities and BSD tools, but so do most commercial Unix-like systems. (Whether these are included in the base install or on a skunkworks CD is irrelevant.) Both kinds of redistribution are legal given the terms under which the Free tools are licensed — and value-added redistribution (or building entire systems on top of open-source infrastructure) has been a fine business model for many companies, including Cygnus, Red Hat, TiVo, and more.

Finally, none of this is germane to the issue of NDA violation and suing to plug leaks (viz., the topic of my post). So, what’s your point?

]]> By: Jim http://willbenton.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=fv+&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.willbenton.com%2F2005%2F01%2Ftaking-a-leak-from-apple%2F&seed_title=taking+a+leak+from+Apple/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Jim Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:38:25 +0000 http://blog.willbenton.com/archive/2005/01/06/taking-a-leak-from-apple/#comment-702 Please, Apple stole code and ICONS from the Linux project to add into their OS. They eve run a BSD backend, might as well give the OS away for free. Please, Apple stole code and ICONS from the Linux project to add into their OS. They eve run a BSD backend, might as well give the OS away for free.

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