-------------------------------------------- On Sat, 8/15/15, Simon Hobson <li...@thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
Subject: Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream To: "dng@lists.dyne.org" <dng@lists.dyne.org> Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015, 3:53 PM Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: >> THe way I heard the story, in the ncient days when Apple was choosing >> the kernel for OS X, they were originally planning to use Linux, but >> they changed their mind for copyright reasons. THey didn't want to risk >> any of their proprietary software becoming free software because of >> GPL contagion. >> >> The BSD licence allowed them to do what they wanted. >> > > You do realise that they do in fact use a lot of GPL software don't you ? In > fact they have contributed > some very useful software back into the > community under GPL. > I'm more inclined to think they just decided the BSD kernel was more suitable > to their needs > I once investigated helping a friend use some open source software on her Mac. A program that was free (gratis) in the Linux community was available in the Apple app store for $30! That really pissed me off and soured me even more on Apple than before (if that was possible). golinux _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
