Sven Axelsson <sven.axels...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 12:59, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> Apple disallows using the OSX SDK on non-Apple hardware. That >> definitely is a dealbreaker for GUB. >> > > If that is the problem, couldn't we get around it by running GUB in a > virtual machine on a Mac?
Frankly, I am not overly interested in tap-dancing around the rules Apple makes in order to keep its users from benefitting from software freedom. When the rules Apple makes prohibit us from providing LilyPond on MacOSX in a useful and reasonably sustainable manner, the conclusion is "don't buy a Mac if you want to use LilyPond". When Apple demands that we buy into Apple hardware for providing LilyPond or else, I consider it reasonable to choose "else". Apple defines the limits of the usefulness of its computers as a platform using legal means. We are not doing its users a favor by pretending this to be different. There might be some way using just a Darwin SDK. But it's well possible that we'll just have to cease providing cross-compiled versions for MacOSX ourselves and leave the job of creating non-official MaxOSX versions from our comparatively generic sources to separate projects involved with the Mac. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
