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Apple Changes the APSL Rules

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the breakdown-shakedown-yer-busted dept.

aitikin writes "Apple recently changed their license for the OS X kernel. According to semthex's post, Apple has reworded the APSL to prevent him and others from open sourcing the kernel hacking under the APSL: 'This file contains Original Code and/or Modifications of Original Code as defined in and that are subject to the Apple Public Source License Version 2.0 (the 'License'). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. The rights granted to you under the License may not be used to create, or enable the creation or redistribution of, unlawful or unlicensed copies of an Apple operating system, or to circumvent, violate, or enable the circumvention or violation of, any terms of an Apple operating system software license agreement.'"

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  1. Re:They should give up their right. by jcr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple's licensing is from an age that has (thankfully) passed us by: the age of proprietary software.
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  2. Re:Slashtards by voidptr · · Score: 5, Funny

    My little sister's a whore. But it's not too late to keep my OS pure. It's all I've got left.

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  3. The mind buggles by Medievalist · · Score: 3, Funny

    You analogy leaves me breathless, like a glass eel.