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Posted on 12/15/2009 11:16:26 PM PST by Swordmaker
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Apple, the dictatorship, strikes again.
From the United States Constitution the right to control ones copyright strikes again... and rightfully so. Or do you think that someone can steal your hard work without your agreement?
And, a copy of Judge Alsup's final Judgement.
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Death to propritary systems (Apple).
Why don’t you ask Microsoft for documentation of the secret APIs in Windows they use for their Office products - then come back and tell me who’s being proprietary....
You really don't know what you are talking about, do you? Apple is, at core, UNIX™, and much of its code is open source. Almost all of it is standards based. Psystar is perfectly welcome to use the same open source and build its own GUI front end or to build its systems using any one of the many flavors of Linux but no, they chose to go the low road and violate the law. They got what they reaped... a 2.66 million dollar judgement and their heads handed to them by the courts.
Much as I dislike certain aspects of proprietary software, this is legally the correct decision.
And it's pretty clear the guys at Psystar were lying a-holes, not righteous underdogs... not that that should affect the legal decision, but it makes me unsympathetic at the personal level as well.
Again Swordmaker, we’ll have to disagree on this one. I still think that if Pystar (or anyone else for that matter) buys a copy of OSX, they should be able to load it on any hardware they choose. If they could get it to work on a TI-99, more power to them!
Psystar is DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! DECEASED! KAPUT! PING!
Okay..., why don't you tell us what you really think... :-)
Apple, the dictatorship, strikes again.
Are you sure you're on the right board... it's the liberals who think that one can steal a company's patents, copyrights, trademarks, and products -- violate the law -- and get away with it... LOL...
Let me try to find an appropriate liberal board for you... :-)
Death to propritary systems (Apple).
You forgot to add "death to spelling".... but I've never known liberals to be concerned about spelling anyway...
And it's pretty clear the guys at Psystar were lying a-holes, not righteous underdogs... not that that should affect the legal decision, but it makes me unsympathetic at the personal level as well.
I'm still wondering who the big money interests were -- behind Psycho-star...
Again Swordmaker, we’ll have to disagree on this one. I still think that if Pystar (or anyone else for that matter) buys a copy of OSX, they should be able to load it on any hardware they choose. If they could get it to work on a TI-99, more power to them!
Actually Apple doesn't bother individuals who want to piddle around and waste their time that way... LOL... It really is fine by Apple if the do that.
It's just that if a company starts with Apple code and then changes it, and making that derivitive product and sells that derivitive product -- that Apple will have our legal system in the U.S. go after those kinds of criminal companies.
AND... the fact that the judge slammed them down hard, shows that the legal system here in the U.S. doesn't take kindly to that kind of criminal behavior with companies...
For those of you on the list that are not also on Swordmaker's Apple list....
There is still a major unanswered question... who was backing Psystar in the first place? They seemed to have a lot of money for court battles for a company that had sold VERY few things...
Psystar didn’t violate a “copyright” in reality, but provided a tool that could be used to violate a license agreement. You know, the unilateral software license agreement Apple imposes on you without your consent (the “you could take it back after opening the box” argument is nonsense) or approval and can change it at will?
” Are you sure you’re on the right board... it’s the liberals who think that one can steal a company’s patents, copyrights, trademarks, and products — violate the law — and get away with it... LOL...
Let me try to find an appropriate liberal board for you... :-)”
They did no such thing. They provided a means to run purchased copies of Apple’s OS on non-Apple hardware. Perhaps you might be happier on a Jobs worship forum?
“Why don’t you ask Microsoft for documentation of the secret APIs in Windows they use for their Office products - then come back and tell me who’s being proprietary....”
Ah, the “secret APIs” nonsense.
It’s interesting that Microsoft was sued for “bundling” with IE and Windows - requiring IE to be installed, but Apple continues to get away with something similar and continues to be the same bad corporate citizen - just like Jobs.
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