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IANAL, and I don't claim to have any specific knowledge of the GPL v3 vs. v2--however, my guess is that Apple employs at least a decent legal team who has concl
by bcrescimanno 16y ago
IANAL, and I don't claim to have any specific knowledge of the GPL v3 vs. v2--however, my guess is that Apple employs at least a decent legal team who has concluded that the changes in GPLv3 may include language that could force them to open source more of OS X than they're comfortable with.
Or, it may be completely unrelated to GPLv3 and Apple simply no longer wishes to "walk a fine line" in this particular area.
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- gte910h 16y agoIt's not that they'd have to release the source code, it's the cryptographic keys they'd have to release for iPhone stuff, as the code is ALSO on iOS, and you can't change it without the crypto keys. You never have to release source code if you violate the GPL, you just have to stop distributing the item till you rip out the GPL code, and pay damages to the copyright holder for infringement.