Finding the Pits In CherryOS

An anonymous reader writes "DrunkenBlog is carrying a story with piles of gathered evidence (including screenshots of code diffs) exposing the speed claims of CherryOS, and that the company behind it (Maui X-Stream) is not only stealing code from the open source project PearPC but at least several other OSS projects too. There are some choice quotes from PearPC developers on how it is harming their project. They appear to have a strong case, but enforcing the GPL could take help."

You've got to laugh...

[lxt]

...at the sheer cheek of putting up a "performance comparison table" on the CherryOS website between CherryOS and PearPC...

I mean, even the name itself smacks of copyright infringement...

Re:This would be anticlimactic

[farble1670]

some little dorky scammer trying to sell code he didn't write

worked for mr. gates, didn't it?

Re:Steal or Copy?

[noidentity]

Didn't you hear? The PearPC developers don't have the code anymore because the CherryOS guys stole it. That's why they want the source of CherryOS released, so they can get it back!

CherryOS is given too much credit

[TheGuano]

I just don't understand. A regular rumor/hype/unsubstantiated-claim is made and the general tendency is not to give them the benefit of the doubt - they get flamed and hen-pecked to hell before they even have a chance to prove their claims. Then CherryPC comes along, which is SO MANY WAYS is such an obvious rip-off that IT'S ALMOST AMUSING, and people act so damned civilized, presenting balanced views, structured evidence, etc. Why bother with the niceties in this case? Just call Hawaii5-0 and bust a cap in his ass already.

I feel less guilty about keygenning CherryOS now.

[Anonymous Coward]

Not that I feel guilty about it at all, mind.

My cousin Bruno says...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, my cousin Bruno says he knows how to handle this... He's on a flight to Maui (with a couple of his associates) as we speak.

The Dan Rather connection...

[KrackHouse]

From their website:
"Jim Kartes is the president of Maui-X Stream... He later worked as a news and documentary cameraman for CBS News in New York." (emphasis mine)

I guess we should have seen the writing on the wall.

Trademark infringement, too!

[Nordberg]

CherryOS -> CheeryOS -> Cheerios

Re:More /. HYPOCRISY

[iminplaya]

You're right. What we should do is just put CherryOS, reversed engineered source and all, up on BitTorrent and let them sue. That would be an interesting case. It would be like you calling the cops to report that someone stole the car you jacked the previous night.. Has this thing been released yet? Is anybody going to buy it?

The sadder truth

[Ohreally_factor]

Hey, you're not supposed to actually read or to even understand the GPL here. You're just supposed to bludgeon people with it when they disagree with you. You're not new here; you should be ashamed! =)

The saddest truth is that I'll probably be modded funny (at best) or troll, instead of insightful. =)

Re:The sad truth...

[HermanAB]

Well, if you are the lawyer of Scammers Inc. and you are up against your old law professor, who is a buddy of the judge, you'd settle too...

Re:The sad truth...

[Dolda2000]

Then again, does the GPL need ph34r 4|\|d r35p3ct? ;-)