Re: Patch Licensing Terms

[Marc Balmer <marc@...>]

> Am 27.11.2017 um 08:53 schrieb Paige DePol <lual@serfnet.org>:
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> Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Big chunks of BSD code run in many OSes, including Android.
> 
> Don't forget OSX, now once again macOS, which was derived from NeXT so the
> core of macOS is essentially BSD. In keeping with the license there are

The core of macOS, aka the kernel, is Mach, which is not BSD.  Some of its userland are BSD derived, but macOS certainly is not BSD.

> parts of macOS that Apple does release the source code[1] for... like the
> Mach kernel, for example. This has allowed the Hackintosh[2] community to
> thrive, much to Apple's chagrin I am sure! ;)
> 
> ~Paige
> 
> [1] https://opensource.apple.com
> [2] Computers that run Apple's macOS on non-Apple, but compatible, hardware.
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