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Apple opensoucred their Objective-C compiler only because the GPL on the GCC forced them. They invested a lot in the BSD licenced LLVM. I don't think they did t
by 1ris 12y ago
Apple opensoucred their Objective-C compiler only because the GPL on the GCC forced them. They invested a lot in the BSD licenced LLVM. I don't think they did this just for fun, but to avoid they have to do that.
- allegory 12y agoYou do realise that the clang part of llvm includes the Objective C compiler and it's under the BSD license as well?
- pjmlp 12y agoWhat good is the language without its libraries?
- ksherlock 12y agoObjective gcc came from NeXT. Apple has a problem with GPLv3, not the GPL in general.
- hobarrera 12y agoApple has contributed back to a lot of BSD-licensed proyects, as well as released some of their own, so don't be so sure.