On 3/22/2010 8:01 PM, Raffael Cavallaro wrote:
2. Mac OS X is BSD Unix. It has existed for half the time that linux has, and has more than 5 times the web client share of linux, so yes, BSD is on its way to eclipsing linux as a client OS.
It is not correct to say that Mac OS X "is" BSD Unix for normal definitions of "is". Look at <http://www.opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-105/>. The mix of licenses is broad, but many of Apple's own OS components are licensed under the APPLE PUBLIC SOURCE LICENSE, found at <http://www.opensource.apple.com/license/apsl/>. It has these key provisions: If You Externally Deploy Your Modifications, You must make Source Code of all Your Externally Deployed Modifications either available to those to whom You have Externally Deployed Your Modifications, or publicly available. Source Code of Your Externally Deployed Modifications must be released under the terms set forth in this License, including the license grants set forth in Section 3 below, for as long as you Externally Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of initial External Deployment, whichever is longer. You should preferably distribute the Source Code of Your Externally Deployed Modifications electronically (e.g. download from a web site). ... In consideration of, and as a condition to, the licenses granted to You under this License, You hereby grant to any person or entity receiving or distributing Covered Code under this License a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license, under Your Applicable Patent Rights and other intellectual property rights (other than patent) owned or controlled by You, to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, sublicense, distribute and Externally Deploy Your Modifications of the same scope and extent as Apple's licenses under Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss