OpenDarwin
| File:Hexley.png | |
.png?lang=en) GNOME running on OpenDarwin. | |
| Developer | OpenDarwin.org |
|---|---|
| OS family | BSD |
| Working state | Stopped |
| Source model | Free/open source software |
| Kernel type | hybrid kernel (XNU) |
| License | Apple Public Source License |
OpenDarwin was a free software multi-platform Unix-like operating system based on Apple's Darwin operating system.[1]
Founded in April 2002 by Apple Inc. 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 community. Apple theoretically benefited from the project because improvements to OpenDarwin would be incorporated into Darwin releases; and the free/open source community supposedly benefited from being 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]
The site is displaying a warning of the "shut down" after several months of allowing remaining projects to be transferred away from OpenDarwin.
See also
- MacPorts, formerly known as "DarwinPorts".
- Mac OS Forge
External links
- Copy of original opendarwin.org website
- OpenDarwin at the Internet Archive
- Hexley, the Darwin mascot
- Darwin-related email lists
- Last OpenDarwin iso at SUNYIT Computer Science Department.
References
- ^ Braun, Rob. "The OpenDarwin FAQ". OpenDarwin Project. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "OpenDarwin". OpenDarwin Project. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
- ^ "OpenDarwin Shutting Down". OpenDarwin Project. Retrieved 2007-04-16.