Did apple just copy ubuntu?

[Chris]

This is exactly why "I don't own my attitude". (insert evil maniac laugh)
GNU it!
Give me freedom or give me death. :)), (more evil laughing).
Please take this post with the biased humor intended. :P
Chris.
P.S. all you can do is shake your head and laugh.

On 10 January 2011 17:22, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> Ha! What did I tell you?
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/no-gpl-apps-for-apples-app-store/8046
>
>
>     No GPL Apps for Apple's App Store
>
>
>   On January 7th, Apple removed VLC media player from its application
>   store for iDevices. Thus the incompatibility between the GNU General
>   Public License and the AppStore terms of use is resolved–the hard
>   way. This end should not have come to a surprise to anyone, given
>   the precedents.
>
> --Bob, who thinks "What did I tell you?" is ever so much nicer than "I told
> you so!"
>
>
> On 11-01-06 09:14 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>
>> More linky goodness: http://www.p2pnet.net/story/47521
>>
>> If this becomes the norm for application development then I think I'll
>> open a Developer's Coffee Shop to lure in programmers and get them to make
>> apps for me. I can use the $100.
>>
>> --Bob, investing another two cents to get richer quicker.
>>
>>
>> On 11-01-06 04:01 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>>
>>> ..except that only Apple-approved developers can create Apple-approved
>>> applications which will contibute 30% to Apple's profit margin.
>>>
>>> Those who buy Mac-apps won't own them, can't modify them, and probably
>>> won't be able to see the source.
>>>
>>> Apple will probably be able to revoke applications when they decide that
>>> information doesn't want to be free after all.
>>>
>>> --Bob, who got up on the cynical side of the bed this morning.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11-01-06 03:10 PM, James wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/
>>>>
>>>> Sounds a lot like the "software-center"
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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