PearPC Trying to Sue CherryOS

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:31PM from the this-is-going-to-get-interesting dept.

Varg Vikernes writes "PearPC developers are taking in donations to sue Maui X-Stream, the developers of the MAC emulator software CherryOS. There have been allegations that CherryOS is nothing more than PearPC code, which is open-source, but with a GUI attached to it. One of the PearPC developers tried to get in contact with someone from Maui X-Stream, but eventually were told to "speak with an Attorney" about the allegations. "

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Wait... (Score:5, Funny)

by Avyakata ( 825132 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:33PM (#12089401) Homepage Journal

Obligatory corny fruit joke:

There's not a valid suit there...it's like comparing apples to oranges!

Badum-chh!

Grrrrr.... (Score:5, Funny)

by White Roses ( 211207 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:35PM (#12089416)

It's not a MAC emulator. It's a Mac emulator. CherryOS and PearPC don't allow you to emulate the Media Access Control.
That annoys me so much I could strangle a manatee in the nude.

Well, just so long as PearPC wasn't writing music (Score:4, Funny)

by ScentCone ( 795499 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:36PM (#12089432)

Because, that would be different.

Re:Which came first? (Score:5, Funny)

by dcstimm ( 556797 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:36PM (#12089433) Homepage

the Apple.

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:2, Funny)

by borgdows ( 599861 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:36PM (#12089434)

A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.

well put a Apple sticker on it and then it's ok :)

pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. (Score:5, Funny)

by TheJOsh!(tm) ( 584211 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:37PM (#12089441) Homepage

that's one disfunctional fruit salad...

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:37PM (#12089444)

What the heck kind of first post is that?! Informative, explained what the whole FA was about, loads of links. I'm shocked!

Re:Grrrrr.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:39PM (#12089470)

It's not Mac emulator. It's a PowerPC emulator. CherryOS and PearPC don't allow you to emulate the Mac OS.

That annoys me so much I could strangle you.

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by Ford Prefect ( 8777 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:43PM (#12089522) Homepage

From the EULA:

2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.

A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.

Is this why they included a bunch of Apple stickers with my iBook?

I now have an Apple-branded lavatory, amongst other things (the aforementioned loo also claims to be 'designed for Windows 98', but that's another story). So will I legally be allowed to install Mac OS X on it? Okay, it may be stretching the definition of 'computer' a little, but it's no worse in terms of Turing-completeness than your average offering from Dell... ;-)

All of this extra fruit floating around.... (Score:5, Funny)

by telstar ( 236404 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @12:48PM (#12089593)

Where's PacMan when you need him?

"Trying" to sue? (Score:5, Funny)

by aspx ( 808539 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:00PM (#12089741)

"Trying" to sue?
Sue, or sue not. There is no try.

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by Grench ( 833454 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:02PM (#12089777) Homepage Journal

Your lavatory IS a computer!

It has a user interface (the seat)
It has input devices (the pan, and the flush handle)
It has an output system (the sewage pipe)
It has a storage system (the cistern)
It has antivirus software (Toilet Duck(tm))
It even has water cooling!

What more could you want!

Re:pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. (Score:2, Funny)

by phauxfinnish ( 698087 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:04PM (#12089807)

It sounds like a Jerry Springer episode:

Pear: Those are my strings, bitch!
Cherry: Nuha, this is straight up Mac language.
/Pear grabs Cherry's hair
Cherry: You don't know me. You don't know me. It's my code, I do what I want.
/Steve jumps in to break up the fight

Jerry: As we have seen today, if you're gonna steal someone else's source code, make sure you change the constants.

Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)

by Bradee-oh! ( 459922 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:04PM (#12089813)

Errrr.... you mean like comparing apples to cherries

and pears...

OSS piracy (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:09PM (#12089864)

One thing threatening Open Source today--piracy.

As we have already seen [slashdot.org], the GPL is under attack from evil forces known as "pirates." These shadowy folk silently steal source code and violate the GPL, infringing on the rights of GPL authors. They are nothing more than thieves getting a free ride off the work of others, and I for one am disgusted at the idea of it. As you can see in the previous article, clearly Slashdot is also sickened by the idea of copyright infringement and piracy.

Some have even called for a lawsuit against these pirate thieves. Suing individual infringers has always been a position that Slashdot and its readership has supported, so it's only fair that the original GPL authors protect their rights and safeguard their material from being stolen in the future. I think we should all support any lawsuits against these infringers to protect the rights of GPL authors everywhere.

I appluad Slashdot and its readers for always taking a proactive stance against piracy and copyright infringement in general, and I would like to join the cause against this "source code theft." Piracy is a major threat facing OSS today.

This just in ... (Score:4, Funny)

by kitzilla ( 266382 ) writes: <paperfrogNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:12PM (#12089913) Homepage Journal

... Pear sues Cherry over Apple emulation. Film at Eleven.

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by cortana ( 588495 ) writes: <sam@[ ]ots.org.uk ['rob' in gap]> on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:22PM (#12090058) Homepage

Maybe this is a dupe that didn't hit the front page first time around.

Re:pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. (Score:3, Funny)

by Chris Mattern ( 191822 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:35PM (#12090203)

But orange you glad it's not another banana?

Chris Mattern

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:42PM (#12090280)

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???

Oh, just Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform. :)

Sue? Why? (Score:3, Funny)

by catdevnull ( 531283 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:48PM (#12090343)

Cherry OS pretty much sucks right now--it'll probably die on the vine anyway. Save your legal fee money and make PearPC a better product.

I tried installing CherryOS on several machines--following the instructions, etc. I got kernel panics from MacOS X on all of them right out of the starting gate.

Maybe they should be called "Lemon OS" (or has Microsoft patented that one, too?)

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:52PM (#12090407)

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Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by bwcarty ( 660606 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @01:58PM (#12090474)

Yes...but does it run Linux?

If so, must I imagine a Beowulf cluster of them?

Hey...you asked.

i'm hungry (Score:2, Funny)

by Axis of Weasel ( 700706 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:07PM (#12090615)

all of a sudden

i cant imagine why...

Re:Silly (Score:3, Funny)

by jeff4747 ( 256583 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:11PM (#12090677)

That is true of trademarks, not copyrights or patents. Copyrights and patents cannot be "lost" in the way you describe (during their lifetimes, at least).

Good thing IANAL.

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

by Psykechan ( 255694 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @02:33PM (#12090952)

...and if you put a Type-A sticker on it, it should be legal and run faster.

Re:Grrrrr.... (Score:3, Funny)

by Tenebrious1 ( 530949 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @03:00PM (#12091325) Homepage

It's not a MAC emulator.

Pear PC does emulate a network card, so yes, it is a MAC emulator as well.

Re:Annoying (Score:3, Funny)

by Legion303 ( 97901 ) writes: on Wednesday March 30, 2005 @11:44PM (#12096898) Homepage

"When someone says "KB" I say 'Kelvin bytes?'"

How do you know they're capitalizing the letters when they're speaking?

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Wait... (Score:5, Funny)

Grrrrr.... (Score:5, Funny)

Well, just so long as PearPC wasn't writing music (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Which came first? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:2, Funny)

pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Grrrrr.... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

All of this extra fruit floating around.... (Score:5, Funny)

"Trying" to sue? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

Re:pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)

OSS piracy (Score:1, Funny)

This just in ... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

Re:pears & cherries fightin' over an apple.. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

Sue? Why? (Score:3, Funny)

Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

i'm hungry (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Silly (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Evidence is pretty overwhelming (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Grrrrr.... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Annoying (Score:3, Funny)

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