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All I can say is that for me the good outweighs the bad: as an end user, I'm much happier with Darwin than with Linux.
by foobarbazqux 13y ago
All I can say is that for me the good outweighs the bad: as an end user, I'm much happier with Darwin than with Linux.
- mindslight 13y agoAre you actually comparing Darwin vs Linux, or OSX vs GNU? Proprietary software has many advantages over Free - heavier corporate investment creates more consistent and polished results. But that doesn't imply that it's better for all purposes, or that a new project is better off choosing a license that makes easy to incorporate into proprietary products.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoDarwin is an OS (the kernel is called XNU), so I was comparing it to Linux-based OS's. Darwin is the basis of both OS X and iOS. I agree that whether or not proprietary or copyleft is better or worse for a given situation is hard to say. A BSD license simply leaves the door open.