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feld on Oct 31, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: OS X 10.10 – Source Code

It doesn't encourage, it merely permits.

It does encourage you to upstream your changes so you don't have to hire developers to keep up with upstream's improvements and deal with merge hell.

JohnTHaller on Oct 31, 2014 | [–]

The license absolutely doesn't encourage you to share. The technical complexity of managing a project might, but the license is purposely designed so anyone can take without giving.

budu3 on Oct 31, 2014 | [–]

Does Apple upstream any of their changes?

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