The intent was not to be a slap in the face for anyone. The 'as is' point isn't really a matter of debate but documented on OS X Forge's own site (see link below). Apple's Federal Team has done many 1:1 meetings with organizations and agencies over the past few months, as well as ourselves and other concerned third parties able to keep Federal environments supported. OS X Forge and smart cards are not a supported part of OS X 10.7. Samba, MySQL and other open source components are themselves no longer part of distributions. Perhaps it would be good to check with your Apple rep or SE for a direct response.
"YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE MAC OS
FORGE WEBSITE, FEATURES, PROJECTS AND SERVICES ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
THE MAC OS FORGE WEBSITE, FEATURES, PROJECTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT. APPLE DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR
OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE THROUGH MAC OS FORGE WILL BE ERROR-FREE,
COMPLETE OR ACCURATE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES, "WORMS", "TROJAN HORSES", OR
OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS." On Aug 19, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Link, Peter R. wrote: So now we're allowing blatant product advertising on this email list? All Shawn did was rebuild and post the existing code from Snow Leopard. Calling this software 'as is" open source code is a slap in the face of all OSX code. I'm surprised someone at Thursby fails to understand that Apple is directly supporting the smarcardservices site and, in effect, saying that Apple is actually furnishing unsupported software.
On Aug 19, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Simon Hartley wrote: PKard for Mac supports all CAC and PIV cards including all CAC-NG for Lion, Snow Leopard and Leopard.
It's worth looking at the commercial version if a simple, complete and fully supported solution is required, or if there are legal and other concerns over using or repackaging 'as is' open source code.
Particular requirements will vary from individual to individual, organization to organization, much as some choose supported, commercial OS X over unsupported, free Fedora Desktop, or vice versa depending on their particular needs and budgets.
Simon Hartley, Thursby Software
On Aug 19, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Shawn Geddis wrote: [Announce] OS X Lion Installer Available
Peter Link Cyber Security Analyst Cyber Security Program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PO Box 808, L-315 Livermore, CA 94550 email@hidden
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