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mukundmr
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A Look at PureDarwin – An OS Based on the Open Sou...
Apple's Open Source repository has the current version of Catalina's core.
https://opensource.apple.com/release/macos-10145.html
Why is PureDarwin on an older version? Lack of volunteers? Too many hacks required?
dschuler
on Nov 27, 2019
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10.14.5 is Mojave, and we're still waiting for the latest 10.14.6 Mojave source. Their open source repo seems to be about 6 months behind at any time.
jonathanstrange
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Isn't that a license violation?
akvadrako
on Nov 27, 2019
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It’s a BSD license, so they don’t need to release the source.
jonathanstrange
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Ah, okay, that makes sense. Should have looked up the license before asking. I'll upvote your clarification.
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Why is PureDarwin on an older version? Lack of volunteers? Too many hacks required?