Ask HN:Any idea on list of open source software used in Apple ecosystem?
For a closed eco system, Apple seems to be using a lot of open source software.Just wanted to know if they are giving back as much as they are taking. Also, are they giving back just because of the copyleft licenses created by Stallman.
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Way back in 1998 Apple contributed several patches to KHTML (KDE's browser). I think in 2001 Apple forked KHTML to become WebKit. WebKit is LGPLv2.1[1] and Apple dedicates the second-most[2] number of developers to its development, second only to Google.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit#Open-sourcing
[2] http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKit%20Team
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit#Open-sourcing
[2] http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKit%20Team
There's lots of information about this on apple.com:
http://www.apple.com/opensource/ http://opensource.apple.com/ https://developer.apple.com/opensource/
http://www.apple.com/opensource/ http://opensource.apple.com/ https://developer.apple.com/opensource/
LLVM is another important open source project from Apple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Level_Virtual_Machine
And they also developed an open standard: OpenCL.
And they also developed an open standard: OpenCL.