Apple publishes source code for Darwin version used in OS X El Capitan

[wickedplayer494]

[url]http://9to5mac.com/2015/12/08/apple-os-x-el-cap-open-source/[/url]

[quote=9to5Mac]As it’s done with past releases, Apple today released the open source code of OS X 10.11 El Capitan. The release comes after Apple made good on its promise to open source its Swift programming language last week.

Apple updated its Open Source webpage last night, where it also provides downloads to open source code for current and past releases of its developer tools, iOS, and OS X Server, with downloads of the OS X 10.11 source code for developers interested in taking a look.

Apple’s open source release of OS X (aka Darwin) has been around since 2000 and usually arrives in the weeks following the public release of OS X. [/quote]

[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/09/apple_publishes_el_capitan_darwin_source/[/url]

[quote=The Register]Stung, perhaps, by its ill-fated marketing claims about open source software, Apple has published the Darwin source code to its El Capitan OS X release.

When it released Swift as open source, Apple made a rather contentious claim that it was “the first major computer company to make Open Source development a key part of its ongoing software strategy”.

That sparked both a Tweet-storm and a change of heart, with Cupertino revising the marketing-speak to read that “Open source software is at the heart of Apple platforms and developer tools” (true, ever since it bet on OpenBSD), “and Apple continues to contribute and release significant quantities of open source code” (others do more*, but what the hell).[/quote]

[Johnny Guitar]

Holy shit I didn't think they'd do it.

[BryBreadmin]

Does this mean anything significant? It's just one piece of OS X.

[Cold]

[QUOTE=Johnny Guitar;49278012]Holy shit I didn't think they'd do it.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;49278064]Does this mean anything significant? It's just one piece of OS X.[/QUOTE]

They do this every year or so ... since like early 2k?

Seriously, this is their 3rd source release this year, there is nothing new, just the latest version.

[Samiam]

[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;49278064]Does this mean anything significant? It's just one piece of OS X.[/QUOTE]

Not unless you're an enthusiast or a developer yourself. For the average person, this doesn't really mean anything.

[DogGunn]

Isn't modifying Darwin a key part of Hackintoshes? Doesn't this make it easier to allow OSX on non-Apple computers?

[sambooo]

"Apple does thing they have been doing for 15 years" isn't really news is it?