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This is not really important since Metal is Apple-exclusive, right? It's not like it can be used on Linux

• rollcat 3y ago
  It's still not a great thing to do. Apple used to contribute a lot more, even if some of their stuff was exclusive to their platform. https://opensource.apple.com https://opensource.apple.com
  • dwaite 3y ago
    They can’t really do anything because of the massive liabilities GPL v3 opens them up to. My understanding; the license won’t allow them to settle if a third party seeks patent licensing from them over shipped GPL code - they have to ensure everyone using any derivative of the upstreamed code is also covered by that patent license.
  • sbuk 3y ago
    That's largely down to GPL3, unfortunately.
• pzo 3y ago
  But it would be useful for OSS to do translation from Metal to DirectX - Apple probasbly doesn't want that.