slack Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 From what I hear it's a beefed up version of FreeBSD, so could someone tell me how they are using linux, yet not offering it free and having an open source? Part of the agreement for the linux source to be used is that it stays free and the source must always be open. So... is mac os x built off of a linux source, or what? Thanks, Slack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2002 first, linux != freeBSD. they're both linux clones, but separate in implementation. secondly, a LOT of OS X is not the original code, it's all Apple's stuff. So, what they want to do with it is their business. Hope that helps to understand a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted June 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2002 Have a look here for more info: http://www.apple.com/macosx/technologies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intensityx Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 First off BSD in not Linux, it's UNIX. There is a difference. The reason Apple doesn't have to release their source code has to do with the BSD licence, it doesn't require them to share all of their modifications. They have however released the source for Darwin (BSD), which is the opensource variant that Mac OSX is based on, primarily for developers and so that the code can benefit from community development. If you want more info go to http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects...darwin/faq.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2002 Originally posted by intensityx They have however released the source for Darwin (BSD), which is the opensource variant that Mac OSX is based on, primarily for developers and so that the code can benefit from community development. i shoud also mention there IS an x86 version (hmm....), but it's just the CLI and nothing more...(although, it's a rather pretty CLI :D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicYouthXY Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Think of OS/X like a verions of Unix, instead of using Gnome, or KDE, it uses a propietary GUI called Aqua. And alonside Unix favorites like Perl, Python and TcL, it also uses ApplesScript and Java. It's origins can be traced to Steve Jobs ownership of NeXT, a Unix derivitive operating system, a pretty good one from what I heard. When Jobs was brought back to Apple, he brought with him NeXT. NeXT was the framework for OS/X. With the addition of Aqua, Java, AppleScript, OpenGL, and other open-source components (netwoking, audio, video, fonts, etc.) Sonic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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