Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 7, 2005, at 12:03, Michael Hudson wrote: > >> Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Well, even if apt didn't suck, its license does. Apple stays away >>> from GPL software. I'm pretty sure that there is exactly zero GPL >>> code in Mac OS X (not Server) until you install Developer Tools. >> >> I think there's a fair bit actually -- gnutar, bash, gnumake... > > I could've sworn there wasn't.. maybe I'm thinking of Mac OS X past :)
I think bash appeared with 10.3. Or maybe 10.2. Don't know about gnutar. gnumake probably doesn't appear unless you install the developer tools, my brain switched off thinking about your caveat there :) > Anyway, they definitely seem to avoid it when possible. Indeed. Cheers, mwh -- Its unmanageable complexity has spawned more fear-preventing tools than any other language, but the solution _should_ have been to create and use a language that does not overload the whole goddamn human brain with irrelevant details. -- Erik Naggum, comp.lang.lisp _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig