Re: Darwin not open source anymore?????
Re: Darwin not open source anymore?????
- Subject: Re: Darwin not open source anymore?????
- From: James Reynolds <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:31:45 -0600
At 2:22 PM -0700 5/17/06, Matt Ginzton wrote:
For x86 it is. If you take a look at
http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.4.6.x86/
vs.
http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.4.6.ppc/
you will see a big difference.
Is there an official story behind this? I noticed when trying to use
the xnu source to debug, say, some signal handling problems, that
the i386 xnu code was demonstrably very different from what's
actually in OS X 10.4.6 for x86.
That MacWorld story is light on details, but seems to be mostly
talking about pirates and "Don't Steal Mac OS X.kext".
Has there been an official announcement that the Darwin and xnu
source for x86 isn't intended to reflect OS X, or that it won't in
the future?
Matt
Well, that article definitely implies an official announcement. That
is what I thought it meant. If there is no official announcement
Apple better step up and give one because right now I'm hearing
whispers on my campus from the Unix type folks (computer science and
engineering types) that this is a serious blow and that they are
going to have to quit using OS X if it isn't open source anymore.
In other words, official announcement or not, people are reading into
that article that it is official.
--
James Reynolds
http://james.magnusviri.com
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