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Re:EFF on Apple's iPhone Developer Program Agreement by loup-vaillant on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @09:04AM (#1178225)
All those are non-differentiators. Sharing them means sharing cost while losing no revenue. Differentiators like the iPhone and iPad, on the other hand are locked and patented. Patents are even enforced.

Apple aren't friends of free software, they just use Open Source according to their needs. The parroting you speak of does not contradict what you just say.

Re:EFF on Apple's iPhone Developer Program Agreement by rimantas on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @09:19AM (#1178258)
Yep, patents ara bad. Now tell me, what obligation does Apple have to ditch them, if competitors don't?
Re:EFF on Apple's iPhone Developer Program Agreement by loup-vaillant on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @09:35AM (#1178308)
They don't have to. They just shouldn't use them offensively, as they do right now with HTC android phones.