site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Am 26.07.2006 um 20:37 schrieb Dave Schroeder: I have yet to see a large FOSS project free of glitches. -dhan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Shoop AIM: iWiring Systems & Networks Architect http://www.ustsvs.com/ shoop@iwiring.net http://www.iwiring.net/ 1-714-363-1174 pgp key fingerprint: FAC0 9434 B5A5 24A8 D0AF 12B1 7840 3BE7 3736 DE0B iWiring provides systems and networks support for Mac OS X, unix, and Open Source application technologies at affordable rates. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... At 9:29 PM +0200 7/26/06, Markus Hitter wrote: Why is this disappointing? This is another step towards Mac OS X becoming fully closed source. I don't see how the loss of OpenDarwin in any way suggests this, not how one directly relates to the other. Apple has always been in control of OS X, which is, BTW, not Darwin. Apple seems committed to continuing with Darwin (not Mac OS X) in the Open Source arena, along with dedicated commitments to return contributions to open source projects. The closure of a third party FOSS Darwin project changes this no more than say the loss of postfix would spell the doom for the entire open source community. And if anyone does feel so strongly about it, they should start their own project along its lines. what exactly has OpenDarwin-proper done in the last few years? They made about all of the Darwin projects buildable for the public. As you probably know, sources posted at Apple Darwin aren't always free of glitches. but what are we losing here, at present? A central point for working with Apple's open source. A divergent point in Apple's Open Source model might be more accurate. I've run into quite a few ppl over the years that thought OpenDarwin was Darwin (which is already 'open'.) And again, if you feel so strongly about its loss, continue it yourself and with others so concerned. There's no need to see this as anything more than an opportunity. -- This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com