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Darwin  News Darwin : News : Apple upgrades open source-style licence
Posted: ( Fri 5th Jan 2001 09:15:24[PM] UTC )
Apple has finally decided to follow the spirit of the open source development model fully, and modified its own Apple Public Source Licence to eliminate many of the restrictions that so annoyed the open source community.
Darwin : News : Apple updates Darwin, asks for x86 work
Posted: ( Sat 18th Nov 2000 05:33:50[PM] UTC )
Apple has quietly updated its open source operating system foundation, Darwin, to version 1.2.1, and it appears to come with a plea for more work on the x86 side of things.
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Name
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Darwin
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Official site
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http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/
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Download from
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http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/darwin/release.html
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License
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Apple Public Source
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FAQ
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http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/faq.html
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Description
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Darwin is the core of Mac OS X. The Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD and
Mach 3.0 technologies and provides protected memory and pre-emptive
multitasking. Darwin runs on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and work is
underway to get Darwin running on Intel-based personal computers. Darwin
1.0 is the Mach 3.0-based core of Mac OS X. Preliminary support for Intel
is provided, allowing developers to begin bringing Darwin to the Intel
platform.
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Development Status
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Quite active. Apple is working hard here and is also giving back a lot of
code to the open source community. Support for the Intel platform is also
planned.
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