Re: Darwin cmd import?

From: Cyrille Lefevre (clefevre-lists_at_9online.fr)
Date: 05/30/04

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    To: "Robert Watson" <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 23:51:44 +0200

    "Robert Watson" <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:
    > On Fri, 28 May 2004, Cyrille Lefevre wrote:
    >
    > > regarding the APSL (http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/), do you think
    > > it is possible to import some darwin commands w/ mods.
    [snip]
    > The FreeBSD Core Team took a look at the APSL a while back, and decided
    > that similar to LGPL/GPL, it was an acceptable license for use in
    > userspace for stand-alone tools, but that similar protections to LGPL/GPL
    > would be required for kernel code (not built by default, carefully marked,
    > etc). That said, Apple tends to release only code they've heavily
    > rewritten or created from scratch under APSL; code they modify tends to
    > remain under the existing license (CMU, BSD, etc). Generally they're
    > careful to label the license on the download page.

    thanks for lighting me :)

    Cyrille Lefevre. 

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