[Pythonmac-SIG] fink vs DarwinPorts?

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Mon Feb 7 18:11:18 CET 2005


On Feb 7, 2005, at 12:03, Michael Hudson wrote:

> Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> writes:
>
>> Well, even if apt didn't suck, its license does.  Apple stays away
>> from GPL software.  I'm pretty sure that there is exactly zero GPL
>> code in Mac OS X (not Server) until you install Developer Tools.
>
> I think there's a fair bit actually -- gnutar, bash, gnumake...

I could've sworn there wasn't.. maybe I'm thinking of Mac OS X past :)

Anyway, they definitely seem to avoid it when possible.

-bob



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