Mac OS Forge
- Published August 31st, 2006 in Apple
Straight to my mail inbox came a news from ADC (Apple Developer Connection) announcing the new website Apple is launching. As the title of this post suggests, it’s related to software, Mac OS X and considering the similarities with Sourceforge, it has also something to do with Free Software.
If you think it is an initiative to support Free Software you just became 0.02 cents richer. That’s it. Mac OS Forge will support Free/Open Source Software projects from anyone. But what’s really interesting being the fact that Apple is including their own pieces of Mac OS X like the launch daemon. Moreover, it also focuses on new unpublicited projects like iCal server.
Is Apple finally becoming a true proponent of Free Software? I’d glady say yes but I’m still uncertain. Nevertheless, it’s a great initiative and worth mentioning it. It shows that companies can no more disdain the Free/Open Source Software revolution.
Good move Apple. You’ve won some more friends…
Uh ? Isto não é só a migração do OpenDarwin.org para o Mac Forge? O código fonte da apple já existia antes e estava no OpenDarwin.org, mas o opendarwing não era um “Sourceforge” e portanto os gajos chatearam-se e fecharam aquilo. Agora a Apple está a criar o seu próprio “forge”. Mas o código sempre esteve lá, e a lista disponível é bem grande.
Olá Bruno.
No email que recebi da ADC relatava como algo bastante maior do que a simples migração. Existiam e existem partes do Mac OS X que ainda não são Software Livre — o Mac OS Forge pretende iniciar esse processo.
Por outro lado, torna-se mais fácil a participação externa no sistema operativo da Apple e fomenta a criação de projectos Software Livre associados ao Mac OS X.