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Webkit was open-source long before anticipating killing Flash. I think, like Darwin, it was originally open-source because it had to be, due to its origin in an
by savoytruffle 9y ago
Webkit was open-source long before anticipating killing Flash. I think, like Darwin, it was originally open-source because it had to be, due to its origin in an existing open-source project that required derivatives also be open-source.
- scarface74 9y agoDarwin was originally based on BSD code - there is no requirement to keep BSD code open.
- sigjuice 9y agoWhy does Apple continue to publish Darwin code then? I have always been curious.
- scarface74 9y agoWhy not? It doesn't harm Apple's competitiveness. Apple doesn't publish source to the hire level OS X frameworks.
- saurik 9y agoIf it makes you feel any better, they redact everything related to ARM (and "good luck" compiling it...).
- sigjuice 9y agoIt does not make me feel any better or worse either way. I am merely curious about Apple's motivations for publishing xnu and other Darwin code.
- captainmuon 9y agoI think to help third party driver developers?
- captainmuon 9y agoI think to help third party driver developers?
- lobster_johnson 9y agoMost of WebKit today is actually permissive (BSD license), with some that is still LGPL.