==8<== > No, no, it is, what I mean is that I haven't heard similar sentiments > towards the open source released by Apple. Apple's 'open source' is > software that is developed in a closed source fashion, then released as > open source when the time is right, as opposed to Linux and related > software, which are developed, almost from the ground up, as open source. > This is the impression I get anyway. ==8<==
Yes and no; a lot of xnu is derived from FreeBSD. There are certainly caveats and areas where this is not true; however, I believe that anyone can get their hands on the source code whilst in development with a premier apple developer account. In some ways I understand this method or source control and in others I do not. It seems geared to a more "professional" crowd because I highly doubt many people are willing to shell out _thousands_ of dollars to get their hands on source code ~6-12 months in advance. It seems more a company would be willing to have an ADC account to get the xnu source early because they need to provide updates to drivers etc etc etc.. james francis toy iv
