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How is Apple able to sell OS X for a profit when it's based
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How is Apple able to sell OS X for a profit when it's based off Linux which is open source/free?

Isn't that illegal?
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It's not based on Linux. And even if it was, selling it wouldn't be illegal.
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Norms will buy it because it's apple.
It's Unix not linux
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>>52483217
It's based of of BSD, which is based of of UNIX. BSD, although it is free software, does not require you to have your modified version to be released under the same license.
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>>52483217
They binned their decent UI and rebuilt it around UNIX
It's not illegal because everyone borrows from open sores softwarez
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>>52483217
How is your mom's pimp able to sell your mom for a profit when she's ugly as hell?
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Virgin Media's TiVo is a better example of a "tyrant device" that used gnu software but prevented users from modifying it, thus breaking one of the few core principles of the gnu licence. Virgin stole linux.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization
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>>52483217
Are you really this starved for attention? Why not just kill yourself?
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>>52483217
Because gpl dad is shit tier while bsd dad is fucking awesome
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>>52483588
Who gives a shit

Stallman deserves to get cucked

>le TiVo is evil guys!

Pathetic
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>>52484073
>Mac shills get triggered
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>>52483217
I've seen them sell linux cds at fry's so I assume it's not illegal.
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>>52485853
What riles OP is that Apple has 3 times the market share of the FREE Linux.
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>>52486108
Popularity doesn't imply quality. Bud Light is the world's most popular beer.
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