Star Rebel EFI Allegedly Contains OSS Code Covered Under APSL
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 28th Oct 2009 14:09 UTC, submitted by Cytor
Hardware, Embedded Systems When Psystar announced it Rebel EFI package, the company was quickly accused of simply taking open source code, repackaging it, and selling it for USD 50. While selling open source code is not a problem, not making the source code available if the license demands it is. Netkas, famous OSX86 hacker, and a Russian site are now claiming they have found the smoking gun.
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StephenBeDoper
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2005-07-06

P.S. It is amusing to consider the possibility that Apple, or a rogue Apple employee or fan, hacked Psystar's site and planted the download there, unbeknownst to them. In the bizarre world of the Apple-Psystar conflict, that would not be entirely beyond the pale. ;-)


It's no less plausible than the idea that Microsoft is secretly behind Psystar, as part of a sinister plot to undermine the GPL.

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tomcat Member since:
2006-01-06


It's no less plausible than the idea that Microsoft is secretly behind Psystar, as part of a sinister plot to undermine the GPL.


That proposition has never made sense. Why would Microsoft want to increase competition within the x86/x64 operating system market?

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StephenBeDoper Member since:
2005-07-06

That proposition has never made sense. Why would Microsoft want to increase competition within the x86/x64 operating system market?


Perhaps Microsoft has been secretly taken over by the Robot Devil from Futurama.

"Ah-ha-ha, my ridiculously-circuitous plan is now one-quarter complete!"

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