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Eh, not quite. Apple could satisfy its LGPL obligations by throwing source dumps of WebCore over the wall - without releasing the rest of WebKit, exposing SVN
by comex 10y ago
Eh, not quite. Apple could satisfy its LGPL obligations by throwing source dumps of WebCore over the wall - without releasing the rest of WebKit, exposing SVN history, or having a public bug tracker. In fact, for the first two years of Safari's life, that's exactly what they did. Then in 2005 they opened it up properly, voluntarily:
https://dot.kde.org/2005/06/07/apple-opens-webkit-cvs-and-bug-database https://dot.kde.org/2005/06/07/apple-opens-webkit-cvs-and-bu...
- toyg 10y ago"Voluntarily" after they were rapped over and over by KDE developers and community...
- AlphaSite 10y agoAh yes, the KDE community, holders of the ear of Steve Jobs. Frankly, I'm not sure Apple ever cared for their thoughts on the matter.
- toyg 10y agoOf course, they only cared about PR: by pure coincidence, they "voluntarily" changed development model on webkit right after several news outlets had picked up the umpteen blog post by a grumbling KDE developer. Yes, Apple historically doesn't give a shit about the OSS community unless they can exploit it or it becomes a dangerous nuisance. And this is why it gets a bad rep in OSS circles.
- scarface74 10y agoYes because Apple in general and Steve Jobs in particular is a company that goes out of it way to be accommodating to the masses....
- pyre 10y agoI'm pretty sure you're wrong about this one: > Steve Jobs in particular is a company