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Apple Releases Rendezvous As Open Source

Posted by pudge on from the and-darwin-6.1-too dept.

clarencek writes "Apple has released Rendezvous as Open Source, as promised. Excerpt: Starting today, developers can download Rendezvous as open source under the Apple Public Source License. Rendezvous is part of a broader Open Source release today from Apple which includes the Darwin 6.0.1 operating system and additional Open Directory plug-ins. Together, these underscore Apple's commitment to making core protocols freely available as open standards and open source."

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  1. Re:Troll by g4dget · · Score: 2, Troll
    APSL has passed most open source advocates' definition of Open

    It is arguably an open source license. Nevertheless, there are practical problems with it; RMS's commentary is based on things that anybody using APSL should take a close look at.

    Anyone who's rational recognizes the great service Apple has done and continues to do for the open source community.

    Oh, get a clue. Apple is a company, not a charity or a benevolent benefactor. They have realized that some open source efforts are good for their business. You don't owe them anything and they don't owe you or me anything. Apple is being rational, and so should anybody using their products.

    socialist radicals

    You say that as if it's a bad thing.