By limiting published source code to that which is "infected" by
the GPL, Apple is, in my honest opinion, scoring an own goal.
[...]
I agree, but then I think that a large slice of the people you just
sent your message to (especially on hackers@) are going to agree
also. I for one have filed an Enhancement Request with Apple asking
for greater access to the Darwin/intel sources and outlining what I
use it for, and why I won't be able to get all of my work done if I
went to an intel-only environment with the current source
availability. IOW, I explain why I'm not about to rush out and
upgrade all of my PPC Macs ;-). I don't know how successful that
will be, but source-code availability of the core UNIX is a reason
that I and some of my colleagues have given to justify going with OS
X; not having that makes other BSDs, Linux and Slowlaris[!] more
attractive than OS X for some purposes.
Cheers,
Graham.
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Graham Lee GPG Key ID: 01D5B9D8
UNIX Systems Manager,
Oxford Physics Practical Course
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wadh1342 01865 273450
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