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		laserlight 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem What does OpenDarwin or PureDarwin, independent projects, have to do with the fact that Darwin, Apple’s OS kernel, is open source?

WD-42 7 days ago [–]

Because they show that Darwin may be technically open source, but Apple are horrible stewards of it. It's impossible to actually build a usable operating system from it, which is probably their intent.

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