How much FreeBSD code is inside the MacOSX code today ? Il giorno mar 22 nov 2022 alle ore 16:49 Martin Smith < t...@smithproductions.co.uk> ha scritto:
> On 22/11/2022 13:44, hede wrote: > > > >>> Whilst I had mistakenly believed that CentOS was a freeware, open > source > >>> kind of MacOS clone, > > > > CentOS was derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux and was mostly > > compatible to RHEL. > > "May God rest its soul." > > > >>> and found that it is not, when I searched for it, I > >>> had understood that a freeware, open source kind of MacOS kind of > clone, > >>> is available, and, when I searched on the three word combination - > open > >>> source macos - I found, in the results, the above URL. > >>> > >>> So, as an observer, I wonder whether licencing restrictions apply, to > >>> running MacOS on Linux, as a virtual machine. > >> > >> If you click through the links on that page, it looks like Apple is > >> just linking to the source code for open source components used in > >> their operating systems (things like awk, bash, bind, bzip, etc.), but > >> the operating systems themselves are certainly not open source, and > >> cannot be legally used except in accordance with Apple's license terms > >> and / or applicable law. > > > > Darwin is the core of modern Apple OSes. It is Open Source and POSIX > > compatible. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system) > > > > But there are plenty of Closed Source parts missing to form either macOS > > or iOS from it. Both - macOS and iOS - are proprietary OSes where you > > have strict license terms to fulfill to use it. One of them is - AFAIK > > - buying Apple Hardware and running the OS only on Apples Hardware. > > > MacOSX was originally based on FREEBSD which at the time probably about > 15 years ago I was using BSD for servers in offices and I remember one > of the senior developers in BSD land went to work for Apple, I can > remember my delight when I discovered I could summon vi in a terminal on > a mac > > -- > Martin > > -- Mario.
