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		anc84 on June 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple File System Free software and patent-free or whatever some lawyers call "open"?

skrause on June 13, 2016 [–]

They said "publish the APFS volume format". So that can mean just documentation and not code at all.

Retra on June 14, 2016 | [–]

Published code doesn't mean 'open' either. You need rights to the code, not merely access to it.

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