Re:Windows for Arm on M1 Mac Successfully Virtualized
by krrrh on Friday November 27, 2020 @06:49PM
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MP3 wasn’t an open standard. They paid licensing fees to the Fraunhofer institute like every other commercial vendor.
Re:Windows for Arm on M1 Mac Successfully Virtualized
by xenadu02 on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:49PM
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I seem to recall a wide variety of people objected to the patent clause during discussions on the GPLv3. Quite a few companies won't touch GPLv3 software which is unfortunate because it was gaining a lot of momentum at the time.
A side point: it was the patent clause of the GPL v3 that frightened them off. The GPL doesn’t require “upstreaming” of anything — you merely have to release the source code you used; any use of that code by another person is that person’s responsibility.
More generally on Apple: they just treat open / proprietary as another tactical tool. When they were on the ropes (e.g. late 90s) they happily embraced open standards like mp3 and jpeg, yet also happily purchased a license to .rtf. They quickly realized the ipod needed Windows support. Then as (and where) they became stronger they stoped caring.