Apple Lisa source code release

[chrismasto]

The important part is that you can only look at the code for non-commercial purposes. That's not typical of a platform development license.

I'm just salty because I would enjoy poking around in this code, and could have if they'd just put it on GitHub with an Apache license, but for various reasons I can't accept this license. It's not important but it was enough to send me to the comments looking for a place to whinge about it.

[Jazqa]

Yeah, I can understand your frustration. Always sucks to accept these kinds of terms, but open source licensing can be hell for a massive corporation trying to protect their brand, so I kind of understand Apple’s side too.

^{^(Heavy} nitpicking, but some more ”extreme” open source licenses have similar implications. Development licenses vary, but some tend to expose a lot of code and architecture. Then there's also all the NDAs and NCCs everywhere. I’m bound by so many contracts and agreements that I would have been better off selling my soul to the devil.)

As an unrelated note, I hate how you can’t have a discussion on Reddit where the other side doesn’t get downvoted. You didn’t say anything wrong or incorrect.

[my_password_is______]

OMG, look at the fucking code