> Le 6 oct. 2023 à 07:16, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> a écrit :
> Again: license issues, as far as I know (but not from Apple in this
> case).


Are you sure? It seems to me that it just wants clang from XCode. I can't 
imagine what else could be useful for building LilyPond and provided by XCode.


> There are some programs, libraries, etc., that MacPorts is not
> allowed to distribute in binary form (see thread
> https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2022-September/051424.html
> for more information).  Instead, they must always be compiled on the
> target computer (i.e., the computer you are actually using).  I
> currently don't know which one, but at least one of LilyPond's
> prerequisites apparently is affected by that.


All of LilyPond's dependencies definitely are GPLv3-compatible (or we could not 
distribute official binaries on lilypond.org).


> On the other hand: Installing Xcode is not difficult, and it has to be
> done only once.  If you are going to use MacPorts (which I highly
> recommend in general) you should do this.


IMHO, MacPorts is nice, but for technical people who are comfortable using a 
terminal.



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