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Mac OS is in no way based on the Linux kernel.

• amelius 7y ago
  Perhaps it would be if the license was different.
  • arcticbull 7y ago
    They began development at NeXT in 1985, 6 years before Linux.
  • jedberg 7y ago
    Unlikely. The Apple kernel guys are purists and would probably use the BSD kernel even if Linux were MIT licensed.
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    • asveikau 7y ago
      In the 90s they had a project called MkLinux that had Linux combined with Mach in a similar position to where BSD is in XNU. This was shortly after the NeXT acquisition. I bet they were considering it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MkLinux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MkLinux