Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." 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: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 13:18:29 +0200 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5h4aclxchm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6rhvblxb0d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3b1qKftcGdNFniNQPsuOCwvSx+/L74fCh4MJqMQEUjt6WcDYGn X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ci3cWo5vZn645CvPc+8Uw+JiEJY= sha256:p7jByyLbQ7jO/ns035OMUczUbGL9NzEMGBAIS/L6ta4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145446 alt.os.linux:81292 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183276 comp.mobile.android:147666 On 2025-04-03 01:38, Marion wrote: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 09:34:53 +1300, Your Name wrote : > > >>>>> But Apple is a commercial system. They do not provide free software. >>>> >>>> The two are not mutually exclusive. Some Apple funding goes to LLVM and >>>> CUPS, that I can think of. Does that count as ´providing¡ Free software to >>>> you? >>> >>> Ok, agreed, they do provide some free software. >> >> Apple of course provides a ton of free software for users of Apple >> devices, including iMovie, Garage Band, Mail, Safari, Passwords, Pages, >> Numbers, Keynote, Music, Messages, Photos, Time Machine, etc. ... plus >> the various Apple operating systems themselves. > > There is a ton of "free software" for both iOS and for Android. > > What's unique about iOS is that you can't re-use that free software. > That's bad. Then it is not Free software. Free as in Freedom. > > What's common about all other operating systems is that you can. > That's good. -- Cheers, Carlos.