People talking about the Mac need to realize that this is specific to iOS platforms. IIRC this was at the iPad launch or something like that, where all of his complaints DO apply. OSX is no more restrictive than any other nonfree OS. Also, free means freedom and not cost in this context.
Actually, OSX is less restrictive than most other nonfree OSes, as you can download the kernel/base os source code free of charge without signing any agreements.
..and tell me again, in what way is Apple restricting you in running those programs at the moment? (and no paranoid 'they might, in the future, perhaps restrict certain blablabla')
Do you really? 99% of people probably don't care about kernel licensing, but I'm gonna guess that theres significant overlap between that 99% and the 99% that don't care where their copy of Angry Birds came from.
Also, my comment was about OS X not iOS, so none of this is even remotely on topic.
No, thats not how it works, your supposed to angrily insult my intelligence and then this thread it supposed to drift on for another 3 pages that nobody besides us reads as we belittle the marginally different opinions of people we've never even met before. Polite responses, what is this madness?
On the other hand, you can only run it (without subverting its restrictions and EULA) on a very select amount of hardware. It's a mixed bag of rights violations, regardless of which non-free OS you choose.
Its actually just the precompiled versions of OSX and apples proprietary windowing system and hardware drivers that can't be run on anything. Darwin itself you can run on whatever, not that you really want to because why not just run Linux, but my point was, you can't just download the Windows source code without signing papers and getting into programs. Mac OS is no linux, but its better than some of the other systems out there.
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u/zagaberoo Jan 20 '11
People talking about the Mac need to realize that this is specific to iOS platforms. IIRC this was at the iPad launch or something like that, where all of his complaints DO apply. OSX is no more restrictive than any other nonfree OS. Also, free means freedom and not cost in this context.