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by rbanffy 5677 days ago
> Sounds like standard-grade FUD to me.

It's not FUD: it's just sane business strategy. If and when Apple sees GNUStep as a competitive threat (i.e. if a product based on it robs some market share), they'll attack it with whatever weapons they find most effective at the time. As it is now, it's not threatening them and Apple may even benefit from it, so, they'll leave GNUStep alone for the time being.

At least that's what I would do in their shoes.

As for why Sony halted its project, my bet would be the implicit patent grant in LGPLv2.1. That may feel uncomfortable for someone who needs to cross-license IP.
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Andrewski 5677 days ago
It is FUD. Why hasn't Apple attacked Google for using Webkit in Chrome? This isn't too terribly dissimilar than what you are suggesting.

One could make up doomsday scenarios all day, but the fact is that Apple has nothing to lose by wider adoption of Objective-C and similar libraries.

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rbanffy 5676 days ago
> This isn't too terribly dissimilar than what you are suggesting.

Is Chrome in any way critical or considered a competitive advantage for Apple?

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