A step in the right direction…

  • eurodyne@piefed.world
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    2 days ago

    Sadly no. macOS (or, more specifically, NeXTSTEP) was originally based on BSD, but it has its own proprietary microkernel (Mach, now called Darwin), making it different enough that it is no longer considered a BSD distro (more like a sibling nowadays), despite being fully POSIX-compliant and UNIX certified.

    In 1996, Apple Computer acquired NeXT and used NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP as the foundation for Mac OS X (later macOS). Its technologies continue to form the basis of Darwin, the core operating system underlying macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

    (from Wikipedia)

    It might be interesting to see if Apple attempts to slide in under that exemption anyway, but I doubt they would even try.