__/ [ Rick ] on Saturday 04 November 2006 11:20 \__
> On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:09:33 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Apple Places Encrypted Binaries in Mac OS X
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>> | A computer researcher has made public information that Apple Computer
>> | has encrypted at the binary level critical parts of its Mac OS X
>> | operating system.
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>> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2050907,00.asp
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>> Sure, Mac OS X is Open Source-friendly...
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<http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/08/apples_os_x_x86.html>
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> <http://www.apple.com/opensource/>
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> <http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2006/Aug/msg00067.html>
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> ... you were saying ... ?
All very true, but why won't they let it run more freely. They clearly
disclose the intentions of the code, but don't let it run loosely. They use
some "do what the f* you want"-licensed code after all...
To say more, I wrote something about this a short while ago. It's mainly
about restricting the choice of hardware.
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/11/04/apple-kernel/
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