You said Mac is better than Linux because Apple is a "US company." I simply showed you how OS X is comprised of a lot of free software (most under an even more permissive license than the GPL, some under the GPL like the core of its browser), so your comparison sucks.
The topic is do you support intellectual property protections on US technology
I support the constitutionally-mandated rights of authors. We do not have the right to criticize the choice of an author to make his software free or proprietary, as that is his constitutional right. Your disagreement with this principle shows you do not really support "IP" rights.
You and Stallman are yet again in agreement on a subject, thinking you have the right to criticize that exercise of a right.
You clearly want US software given away, including to communist countries
You can't stand on the fence anymore. Is Linux a "foreign clone" or US software that is given away? You also cannot criticize Linux without also criticizing BSD, Firefox and other free software.
I said that was one of the reasons, which is true from my perspective as a US citizen. Your allegiance obviously lies elsewhere, with free software for the world, and then pointed out Apple used some free software but then admitted you actually think that portion is crap LOL.
I support the constitutionally-mandated rights of authors.
Yeah yeah we know, especially those that want to give technology developed in the US away for free to US adversaries. You should have rode shotgun on Stallman's latest trip to Cuba.
Is Linux a "foreign clone" or US software that is given away?
Obviously both. It is a clone of Unix developed by the son of noted communists in eastern Europe who admits he created it because he didn't want to pay for Unix from the US. Now some US companies have basically taken over Linux development and are porting Unix technology overto Linux sometimes using even the same tainted programmers, then giving that technology away for free including to US adversaries.
Bottom line advanced technology built in the US and previously restricted by export control is going line by line to foreign governments for free. Thankfully US patents may finally now regain control, your hissy fits about it will have no effect and simply show where your allegiances lie.