Comment Re: Feel Free to Open Source your Own Code (Score 2) 183
It's an argument for why Apple should do it, not that Apple must do it.
It's an argument for why Apple should do it, not that Apple must do it.
What is there to stop people from making their own implementations of compilers for swift?
What we've seen from other languages is that patents can potentially be a problem, but I don't know if that's applicable in this case.
Open sourcing the future design of swift however means apple may lose control of how the language develops and could be a hindrance to it's primary use in developing software for it's OSes.
Apple might loose control if someone else makes a better implementation, and that users switch to it. That would be a good thing and motivate Apple to improve their original implementation which might otherwise stagnate.
I don't know about that necessarily. Some has contributed a nontrivial amount of work to LLVM and especially the clang project. That has certainly been appreciated outside the Applesphere.
In this context it's a programming language for the Objective-C runtime developed by Apple.
No one is demanding anything, but some of us believe that distributing your software as free and open source software is better for everyone including the original developer. There's nothing wrong in suggesting it.
Or create a free reimplementation. I don't know if there's anything going on there but I know there have been talks about it in the GNUstep community.
That's very useful to know now.
No but you can borrow someone else's Mac and get it there.
Take the Nexus 5. I know people who dual boot Android and Sailfish on it, two very different operating systems. There are no technical reasons whatsoever that you couldn't do the same with an iPhone.
The Mac App Store.
It only applies if the OS and device are really two separate entities. For Macs you could argue that you should be able to buy the device without the OS. For phones, it seems that the OS is part of the device, especially in case of iPhones (what else are you going to run on them). Keep in mind that iOS isn't sold separately either, nor are there any charges for upgrades.
That's because the iPhone (which really should be called a computer) is locked down in the firmware by the manufacturer to only run operating systems provided by them. If they would disable this blocking then alternative operating systems could run on the iPhone. It has in the past when good hackers were able to work around Apples attempt to dominate the user, but that has not been successful recently.
I suggest that you stop providing your services until Google stops ignoring you.
Nope, they will need their permission. That doesn't necessary include financial compensation.
If your app doesn’t offer much functionality or content, or only applies to a small niche market, it may not be approved.
Not long ago Apple used to be niche market.
Really?
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