Path: csiph.com!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: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:57:32 +0200 Lines: 45 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: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net A093VqqS1Dpzr6/eQj94kgf3PAf14ARLFdWk8LBU4nVm8BQfx0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ysN1kILivap/t3ZRt7F6MApWC5o= sha256:aNPsk/f6FFB53DPz3ncWAhGerwSFHQcXqeal+A1lbjI= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145449 alt.os.linux:81298 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183330 comp.mobile.android:147677 Alan, 2025-04-03 23:15: > On 2025-04-02 16:38, 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. > > It would be... > > ...if it were true... > > ...but it's false. There is a difference between software which is "for free" and software which is "free". "Free software" is usually open source and you can use the source code for your own versions with any modifications you want to apply to it. Is the source code of iMovie, Garage Band, Mail, Safari, Passwords, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Music, Messages, Photos, Time Machine open and available? Or are these programs just "for free" aka "gratis"? -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de