Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderReposted here since it seems the page linked is no longer visible (at least for me). ------------ Apple’s great GPL purge Posted on 5 February 2012 by meta Apple obligingly allows you to browse and download the open source software they use in OS X. Since they have listings for each version of OS X, I decided to take a look at how much software they were using that was only available under the GNU public license. The results are…
> There are two big changes in GPL v3. The first is that it explicitly prohibits patent lawsuits against people for actually using the GPL-licensed software you ship. The second is that it carefully prevents TiVoization, locking down hardware so that people can’t actually run the software they want. > So, which of those things are they planning for OS X, eh? Seems pretty obvious in retrospect (and probably would have been obvious at the time, too) - they don't…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 317
- Total comments
- 274
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-07 | Apple’s great GPL purgeFirst breakout · Best thread | jamesbritt | 241 | 205 |
| 2018-06-26 | (2012) Apple's great GPL purge | lumisota | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-11-04 | Apple’s Great GPL Purge (2012) | LaSombra | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-11-05 | Apple’s great GPL purge (2012) | progval | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-11-27 | Apple’s Great GPL Purge (2012)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | LaSombra | 67 | 69 |