Comments on: OS X Kernel for x86 No Longer Open Source http://paulstamatiou.com/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source Tech News, Reviews and Guides Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:18:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ka-Meng http://paulstamatiou.com/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source#comment-7515 Ka-Meng Mon, 22 May 2006 00:39:19 +0000 http://www.paulstamatiou.com/2006/05/17/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source/#comment-7515 Looks like this falls into the "speculation" bag. <a href="http://lists.apple.com/archives/Fed-talk/2006/May/msg00105.html" rel="nofollow">Ernie P, Apple's Open Source & Open Standards product manager, issued a response to the news on closing the kernel</a>. Looks like this falls into the “speculation” bag. Ernie P, Apple’s Open Source & Open Standards product manager, issued a response to the news on closing the kernel.

]]> By: Prashant http://paulstamatiou.com/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source#comment-6222 Prashant Thu, 18 May 2006 08:13:28 +0000 http://www.paulstamatiou.com/2006/05/17/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source/#comment-6222 I don't think that would be the solution to Apple's problem; even if they stopped shipping out copies of OSX which weren't open source there's always a way a cracker is going to find a way through it, it happens with Windows and it will happen with OSX. I don’t think that would be the solution to Apple’s problem; even if they stopped shipping out copies of OSX which weren’t open source there’s always a way a cracker is going to find a way through it, it happens with Windows and it will happen with OSX.

]]> By: cavemonkey50 http://paulstamatiou.com/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source#comment-6152 cavemonkey50 Wed, 17 May 2006 23:34:10 +0000 http://www.paulstamatiou.com/2006/05/17/os-x-kernel-for-x86-no-longer-open-source/#comment-6152 Why does everyone think this is news? Since I run my own version of OSx86, I saw the Intel kernel go closed source even before Apple released the real Intel Macs. With that said, while this does make a minor inconvenience to "pirates", it does not stop them one bit. Pirates have been reverse engineering parts of OSx86 since day one. The kernel has already been reverse engineered. All is this move did was make the releases for the hackintosh slow down by about a week. Hasn't stopped them at all. Why does everyone think this is news? Since I run my own version of OSx86, I saw the Intel kernel go closed source even before Apple released the real Intel Macs.

With that said, while this does make a minor inconvenience to “pirates”, it does not stop them one bit. Pirates have been reverse engineering parts of OSx86 since day one. The kernel has already been reverse engineered. All is this move did was make the releases for the hackintosh slow down by about a week. Hasn’t stopped them at all.

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