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0 pointsohazi6y ago0 comments

Mac OS is in no way based on the Linux kernel.

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amelius6y ago· 3 in thread

Perhaps it would be if the license was different.

arcticbull6y ago

They began development at NeXT in 1985, 6 years before Linux.

jedberg6y ago

Unlikely. The Apple kernel guys are purists and would probably use the BSD kernel even if Linux were MIT licensed.

asveikau6y ago

In the 90s they had a project called MkLinux that had Linux combined with Mach in a similar position to where BSD is in XNU. This was shortly after the NeXT acquisition.

I bet they were considering it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MkLinux

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