Re: intel source code release
Re: intel source code release
- Subject: Re: intel source code release
- From: "Peter O'Gorman" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:06:23 +0900
Derick Centeno wrote:
If what has been reported here is true and Apple is changing or has
removed standard open source components to it's purposes (whatever that
may be), which further limits other current and potentially workable
open source projects -- also reported, it might be time to consider the
fact that Apple did enter into a open source agreement of a particular
unique nature which has aspects of the GPL standard but is not
completely standard open source. In short, it is a form of "open
source" as Apple has redefined as open source in it's own terms, which
Apple feels comfortable with; this is the kind of "open source"
definition which Apple developers engage together with Apple in
employing. Apple is not the only company to do so, and probably won't
be the last.
Apple is not violating any contracts by not releasing the sources to *BSD
projects. It was not my intent to solicit advertising for yellow dog linux,
thank you very much.
Apple has no obligation to publish the source code to the non-GPL portions
of their codebase. I simply believe that it benifits Apple to do so.
Thank you,
Peter
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