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eadmund
8 months ago
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GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after...
You forgot things like shipping decades-old free software with their OS because Apple are so implacably opposed to their users having freedom to use, examine, modify and share that software.
spauldo
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I've always heard Apple's refusal to use GPL3 code was due to the patent clause. They certainly don't seem to mind including GPL2 software.
Sharlin
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Funnily I just yesterday realized that my macOS-bundled bash version is (was) from 2007 because $BASH_ALIASES (introduced in bash 4) didn't work.
junon
8 months ago
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SIP is the obvious contra, though.
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