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Apple did in fact license their OS in the 1990s. Did not work out very well, financially, for them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clone#Licensed_Maci
by npongratz 8y ago
Apple did in fact license their OS in the 1990s. Did not work out very well, financially, for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clone#Licensed_Macintosh_clones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clone#Licensed_Macin...
- ben_w 8y agoIndeed. However: much of the system is now based on FOSS; and given user upgrades have been free since, what, Snow Leopard in 2009?, there’s a case for them open sourcing the OS and saying “derivatives are fine provided no trademarks are used” or something like that.
- protomyth 8y agoThe Newton didn't work out for them, but the iPhone and iPad did. The current conditions are different than the past.