• richmondez
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    617 days ago

    They’ll just do an Apple and publish the source to the bits they have to while keeping the bits they don’t closed source making the os as a whole closed source.

    • Lka1988
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      416 days ago

      So, basically what they’re already starting to do?

    • @nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de
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      116 days ago

      I don’t understand.

      also I thought Apple builds upon BSD style licensed stuff, while Android is on Linux which is gpl?

      • richmondez
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        116 days ago

        Doesn’t matter for a distribution, Apple historically also shipped some gpl tools like bash and Samba, they just provide the source for what they have to.

      • @HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world
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        115 days ago

        This myth needs to die. The only parts of BSD that Apple used for iOS/osx, were from bsd4.4 (released in like the 1990s). And even then it was only parts of the user space.

        The kernel is a completely different beast.

        • @nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de
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          115 days ago

          I specifically said BSD style license. ChatGPT claims i the kennel started as a mix of the mach and FreeBSD kennels as base, improved by Apple. sadly I could but find any proper source :(

          are you seen to know that “The kernel is a completely different beast.”, maybe you can shed some light