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> just trained a new OS development AI on every OS Apple has ever written. …is there publicly visible source code for every OS Apple has ever written?
by bigyikes 2y ago
> just trained a new OS development AI on every OS Apple has ever written.
…is there publicly visible source code for every OS Apple has ever written?
- tensor 2y agoPartially: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-macOS https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-macO... https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-iOS https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/distribution-iOS I'm not sure how it all fits together but people have even made an open source distribution of the base of darwin, the underlying OS: https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin https://github.com/PureDarwin/PureDarwin
- kmeisthax 2y agoApple's FOSS releases are purely command-line userland tools and their kernel, all the frameworks and servers[0] that make the UI work like you'd expect are 100% proprietary. FWIW Apple has also been on a decades-long track of purging GPL-licensed code from macOS and replacing it with either permissively-licensed or proprietary equivalents. So they're obligated to release even less than they used to. [0] AppKit/WindowServer for MacOS and UIKit/Springboard/Backboard for everything else