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> but I know that choosing non-GPL licenses when available was one of the guiding principals Sure, but in this case Apple has chosen, for 20 years, to not go w
by palata 2y ago
> but I know that choosing non-GPL licenses when available was one of the guiding principals
Sure, but in this case Apple has chosen, for 20 years, to not go with GPLv3 when there was no alternative.
- sbuk 2y agoYou could also say the same of the Linux kernel too. After all, they have chosen, for 20 years, to not go with GPLv3…
- stephen_g 2y agoWhich is a fair choice, since so much of Linux development and driver development is driven by commercial interests - there would very likely be a fork from the last GPLv2 commit which all the vendors would switch to...
- palata 2y agoIt's different. You are talking about the Linux kernel changing their licence to GPLv3. We were talking about macOS shipping a GPLv3 program.