Apple Changes the APSL Rules · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday November 13, 2006 @12:47AM 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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Re:This is the sort of thing keeping me away. by inca34 · 2006-11-13 02:10 · Score: 0, Troll

Why pay the premium on Apple hardware if you have no intentions of running the OS? As far as I'm concerned, if you are going to run one of the BSDs, you ought to do it on primary supported platforms. For example, not Apple hardware.