Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tutorial: Working example of removing & re-installing Android system apps from a PC) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:39:43 +0200 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6rhvblxb0d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net O/qyFgETXQiKASngAqLbBAvwmMqXmfRu/eY4Jjj6of87KrF+xi Cancel-Lock: sha1:0DHrA2F10i8pXo/9p/dLlG/y+l4= sha256:TwNZSH+Kc0WhIltDqMfTQPUl+krF7WGSzcDRhfZCK3c= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145472 alt.os.linux:81329 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183412 comp.mobile.android:147716 Alan, 2025-04-08 18:42: > On 2025-04-08 04:06, Carlos E.R. wrote: [...] >> What I say is that if there is a lock, the Apple software may be gratis, >> but it is not Free (as in Freedom). Free means I am free to take the >> source code, remove the lock, recompile, and sell it myself. With >> variants in the details by the licensing. >> > > Carlos, you personally don't get to decide for the world what the word > "free" means. Correct - there is a well established definition for it: -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de