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> It's entirely possible that Apple takes code or inspiration from the Linux software project, but I think it's better to say that OS X is Unix based. Apple ca
by uxcn 11y ago
> It's entirely possible that Apple takes code or inspiration from the Linux software project, but I think it's better to say that OS X is Unix based.
Apple can't take code from Linux as the code is GPL licensed. OSX is largely based on NeXT and BSD. Linux and OSX are both POSIXish though.
- evacchi 11y agoOS X had been UNIX certified, at some point, though. Don't know if that is still true
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- uxcn 11y agoIt is. Various optional things from POSIX are missing though (https://github.com/uxcn/yafd/blob/master/src/c/pthread-dw.h https://github.com/uxcn/yafd/blob/master/src/c/pthread-dw.h).