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In a word - Apple. IOS and OSX borrow heavily from BSD Apple has made more money form free software than anyone else, and they can pressure FreeBSD to stay awa
by LeeLorean 13y ago
In a word - Apple. IOS and OSX borrow heavily from BSD
Apple has made more money form free software than anyone else, and they can pressure FreeBSD to stay away from GPL3
- mbreese 13y agoIn a word - no. FreeBSD has been around a lot longer than Apple's switch to Darwin. FreeBSD has a long history of preferring BSD licensed code to GPL licensed code. Apple has just financed clang/llvm. Apple has their reasons for using clang, and FreeBSD has theirs. FreeBSD didn't need any pressure from Apple to make the switch.
- rsynnott 13y ago> they can pressure FreeBSD to stay away from GPL3 Yes; Apple can pressure the FreeBSD project to stay away from GPLv3, through their evil Apple magic. In fact, they are presumably pressuring the whole world to stay away from GPLv3, as it has seen almost no adoption outside the FSF! Naughty, naughty Apple. If not for mean ol' Apple, the FreeBSD project would no doubt rush to embrace GPLv3, discarding their horrible old BSD license!