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OpenDarwin
GNOME running on OpenDarwin.
DeveloperOpenDarwin.org
OS familyBSD
Working stateStopped
Source modelfree/open source software
Kernel typehybrid kernel (XNU)
LicenseAPSL
Official websitehttp://opendarwin.org/

OpenDarwin was a free software multi-platform Unix-like operating system based on Apple Computer's Darwin operating system.[1]

Founded in April 2002 by Apple Computer and Internet Systems Consortium, the goal of the OpenDarwin.org project was to create an independent branch of the Darwin operating system that increases collaboration between Apple developers and the free software/open source community. Apple theoretically benefited from the project because improvements to OpenDarwin would be incorporated into Darwin releases; and the free/open source community benefits since it was given complete control over its own operating system, which could then be used in free software distributions such as GNU-Darwin. [2]

On July 25, 2006, the OpenDarwin team announced that the project was shutting down, as they felt OpenDarwin had "become a mere hosting facility for Mac OS X related projects," and that the efforts to create a stand-alone Darwin OS had failed. They also state: "Availability of sources, interaction with Apple representatives, difficulty building and tracking sources, and a lack of interest from the community have all contributed to this."[3]

References

  1. ^ Braun, Rob. "The OpenDarwin FAQ". OpenDarwin Project. Retrieved 2006-05-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "OpenDarwin". OpenDarwin Project. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
  3. ^ "OpenDarwin Shutting Down". OpenDarwin Project. Retrieved 2007-04-16.

See also

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