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0 pointsCalChris5y ago0 comments

Yes, but that is Apple's choice rather than a licensing requirement. Apple upstreams a ton of stuff, AArch64, GlobalISel, .... But they do this by choice.

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Gaelan5y ago· 1 in thread

But the fact that they are doing it by choice would imply that the GPL isn't as necessary as some think.

toyg5y ago

That’s a bit like saying that taxes aren’t necessary because rich people might donate the occasional library.

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