From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 01:06:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4FD1065696 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:06:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CD48FC13 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:06:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta22.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.89]) by qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id xcVn1e0091vN32cA6d6EvF; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:06:14 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.7] ([70.89.198.73]) by omta22.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id xd6B1e00A1bWFVA8id6DyS; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:06:14 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <008c01cb425a$2603bc60$720b3520$@com> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:06:11 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8E3B8CE9-4CFB-4573-B69F-2BAA3374EED2@cwis.biz> References: <008c01cb425a$2603bc60$720b3520$@com> To: Garry X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is this bunk. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:06:15 -0000 OS X is based on Darwin which was, as I understand it, inspired by BSD = but not specifically FreeBSD; most like was Net or OpenBSD. But, you can say the same about Windows, Mac OS and X11 because they = were all inspired by Xerox PARC... Or a brand of tires because they look a lot like another brand, on the = inside of the tire. On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Garry wrote: > This is a conversation held on a UK group page, can you confirm or = deny this > as twaddle. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Mac OS X is basically BSD that's been appleised (serious vendor = lock-in), > they do give a little back to BSDs, but have made sure that BSDs can't = get > much off of them, but they can get a lot out of BSD. >=20 > Also, Windows uses (or used to use) a BSD stack for networking for > instance. >=20 > So, in supporting/using BDS i would enevatibaly end up writing code = for it, > or filing bugs or whatever. > (I have assisted with a few Linux drivers and written kernel patches, = as > well as working on things like DirectX 3D 9 for Wine and work on KDE = etc...) >=20 > Having seen how BDS license software has been used, to create highly = tied > in, almost crippled proprietary software, I do not feel that I can = support > software developed under such licenses. >=20 >=20 > Web-Kit has actually worked quite well as an open system, even though = Apple > done a hostile take over of the project from KHTML in KDE. > So, the GPL has worked to produce an open product in Web-kit but the = BSD > license has lead to vendor lock-in on the part of Microsoft and most > significantly Apple. >=20 > This does not mean to say that I have a problem with the quality of = the code > in BSD, I just feel that the license is counter productive. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"