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Apple Opens WebKit CVS and Bug Database (KDE.News)
KDE.News reports that Apple
Computer has announced the immediate availability of the WebKit Open Source Project. It
includes full access to the CVS of WebKit as well as an open bug database.
WebKit is the KHTML-based system framework used on Mac OS X by Safari,
Dashboard, Mail.app, and many other OS X applications.
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Apple Opens WebKit CVS and Bug Database (KDE.News) Posted Jun 7, 2005 19:49 UTC (Tue) by cpm (guest, #3554) [Link] I'm sorry, but I've always felt that Apple's big push in thisdirection is a serious "All your code belongs to us, thanks!" As opposed to "All you code belongs to us, Now bow down and worship us."
Same message, different package.
Am I very wrong?
Apple Opens WebKit CVS and Bug Database (KDE.News) Posted Jun 8, 2005 7:37 UTC (Wed) by rqosa (guest, #24136) [Link] > Am I very wrong?Yes, you are wrong. This is what the KHTML developers have asked for (the full revision history).
Apple Opens WebKit CVS and Bug Database (KDE.News) Posted Jun 7, 2005 21:31 UTC (Tue) by henning (subscriber, #13406) [Link] This is great news, as this allows the kde developer to better follow the changes that apple applies to webcore. I'm very glad that after the reported "divorce" between khtml and apple everybody seems to be happy again.
Agree. Posted Jun 8, 2005 0:49 UTC (Wed) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link] After the initial flurry of discontent, I think this means long-term peace and productivity. Well done, Apple, for even trying.PS for Apple, can we please see OS X running on the triple-cored XboX-360 before you bail out of PPC completely?
Agree. Posted Jun 8, 2005 13:06 UTC (Wed) by cpm (guest, #3554) [Link] >Well done, Apple, for even trying.
Well done, as in a steak or hamburger?
I'm sorry, I remain a bit skeptical about this.
Apple's original OS license was a real "All your code belongs to us"
Then they took Safari, and all it's code, and closed it up. "All
Now, they are coming back around again.
Are they coming back around because there has been a change of heart?
The other "All your code belongs to us, now bow down,,, " is not
I really do like the "for even trying" remark. I feel that way about
WebCore is LGPL, not APSL Posted Jun 9, 2005 0:16 UTC (Thu) by rqosa (guest, #24136) [Link] > Then they took Safari, and all it's code, and closed it up.That is incorrect; KHTML is licensed under the LGPL, so "closing it up" would be copyright violation. WebCore is licensed under the union of the LGPL and a BSD-like license, not any version of the APSL. As further proof of the openness of WebCore, there are at least two projects (this one and this one) which are forks of WebCore.
WebCore is LGPL, not APSL Posted Jun 9, 2005 14:07 UTC (Thu) by cpm (guest, #3554) [Link] > Then they took Safari, and all it's code, and closed it up.
>>That is incorrect; KHTML is licensed under the LGPL,
You're right. I misrepresented that. Sorry.
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