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Darwin is open source too. You just can't build a booting IOS image from the code that's available, due to a lack of certain binary blobs. It's almost the sam

by count 13y ago

Darwin is open source too. You just can't build a booting IOS image from the code that's available, due to a lack of certain binary blobs. It's almost the same problem.

bebna 13y ago
Got a link for me, please?
- k3n 13y ago
  http://opensource.apple.com/ http://opensource.apple.com/ Wasn't hard to find... :)
- drcube 13y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
kllrnohj 13y ago
Darwin is but a single (very small) part of iOS. Only if you consider all of iOS's frameworks & apps to be a binary blobs is it "almost the same problem".
- count 13y ago
  None of the Google apps (like Maps, for example) are open source on Android either.