CherryOS On Hold 314
aberkvam writes "MacWorld is reporting that CherryOS is "On Hold - until further notice." Does this mean that they are going to confirm that they used PearPC's code or is this just a delaying tactic due to the potentially pending lawsuit? Slashdot has covered this saga before."
Re:Big surprise... feh (Score:5, Informative)
Correct, however CherryOS specifically says on their web site that it is there in order to run OSX on x86 hardware. PearPC gives instructions on how to run OSX but doesn't really claim that it's whole purpose is to do so, which CherryOS does.
Confirm? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Deserve (Score:1, Informative)
As I understand it, the original developers were not deprived of their source - thus nothing was acutally "stolen"?
Cherry OS Press Contact (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Was there ever any doubt? (Score:5, Informative)
VX30 (Score:5, Informative)
My whole info archive (with demo releases of CherryOS, VX30, etc) are all at
http://www.tliquest.net/ryan/cherryos [tliquest.net]
-eventhorizon
Re:VX30 (Score:5, Informative)
I found only one reference in the code to verypdf:
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ryan@europa:/data/home/ryan/xpdf$ grep -ir verypdf pdfconv
pdfconv/src/MyReg.cpp: "Dear verypdf.com Inc:%0a"
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Here's the diff file I made between VeryPDF's PDF2HTML code and Arben's PdfConv source:
http://www.tliquest.net/ryan/cherryos/other/pdfco
That diff is proof enough. So with the way they treat the GPL, it seems as if everything they make is dirty.
-eventhorizon
Re:Why does this scam get so much coverage? (Score:3, Informative)
It's mostly because PowerPC has more registers.
An x86 emulating PowerPC must supplement its limited supply of registers with memory, which is really slow even though it happens mostly in L1 cache. Emulating x86 on PowerPC is easier because PowerPC has enough registers to emulate all of the x86 registers without touching memory.
Altivec emulation sucks, but it's not the primary suckage.
Re:Was there ever any doubt? (Score:3, Informative)
The only piece of the puzzle that's illegal is getting the boot code ROM. If you actually own a Macintosh Quadra, you can rip it and be done with illegally. Or you can hunt around for pir8z0rz, being a (here comes flamebait) a thief
Re:Big surprise... feh (Score:5, Informative)
One post quotes a letter from them [pearpc.net]:
That might also fit the scenario of limiting legal exposure and/or acting in response to legal approaches made on behalf of the PearPC developers.Re:VX30 (Score:2, Informative)
The new stuff will be in http://www.tliquest.net/ryan/cherryos/vx30/ [tliquest.net] in a few minutes.
-eventhorizon