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Apple Posts Their X11 Source

Posted by pudge on from the here-an-x-there-an-x-everywhere-an-x-x dept.

fdiv_bug writes "This happened a day or two ago, but it slipped my mind to report it. Looks like Apple has released the source code to their X11 implementation for Mac OS X." Also check out more downloads at OpenDarwin.org.

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  1. Damn Apple... by dirtmerchant · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish they'd make up their minds on whether or not they're evil. My head hurts.

  2. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Jebus Cripes, maybe you ought to chill.

    He didn't say to "pretend copyright laws don't exist"

    He said that having access to code is good for programmers. just like having access to books is good for people who want to be authors.

    He's also saying, I think, that minor license differences aren't as important as the big picture of free software, specifically being able to see source code.

  3. Strange Stuff in the Source Code.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    /* Why can't people just use bloody Aqua */ // Damn GNU hippies - S. Jobs