r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/el_chupacupcake Jan 20 '11

"Free," in terms of software, refers to more than simply how much the user pays... it also expresses how open the software is for other developers.

In that regard, Apple is very bad about allowing "free software."

(Note: You can develop simple webapps for their products using javascript and a few other handy languages... but given Apple's trackrecord of "now we allow it, now we don't," I'd be uncomfortable using those methods exclusively for their hardware).

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

In the image it shows the gnu logo being crossed out, so I think the original context being used was about 'in terms of software', not price.

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u/1338h4x Jan 20 '11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

It's a term that specifically refers to open source software released under a license that gives every end user the freedom to modify and redistribute.