LXer: Where Google Went Wrong with Android? and Where Nokia & Intel Went Right?

LXer · 10-25-2010, 10:50 PM

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The most important issue is their very own fork of the Linux kernel which no longer can be merged with the upstream kernel.

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Kenny_Strawn · 10-25-2010, 11:16 PM

The problem with POSS (Permissive Open Source Software -- or in my opinion "Piece Of $#*! Software") in general is that proprietary forks can be made of it -- just look at the open FreeBSD and the proprietary Mac OS X as common examples. The MIT License and the Apache License are also ways of freeing software too much -- so much that proprietary forks of the software can exist and be used for exploitation by companies for big $$$$$$$$$ and hidden source code.

Hangdog42 · 10-26-2010, 07:22 AM

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The MIT License and the Apache License are also ways of freeing software too much -- so much that proprietary forks of the software can exist and be used for exploitation by companies for big $$$$$$$$$ and hidden source code.

So basically you're saying that software authors should be forced to license their software under the GPL, regardless of how they feel when they write it.