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by kick 2321 days ago
Apple doesn't release code under Free licenses for marketing purposes: I'd be surprised if anyone in the marketing department of Apple even realized that they were doing so.
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Apple releases code under free licenses because they are required to and do exactly that minimum required.
That's not entirely true. launchd was released under a free license, and it was one of the most interesting innovations in software in a long while, for example.
So now copying what Sun, Aix, Tru64 and HP-UX already did is an innovation, I guess it goes with the muster of many Apple "innovations".
You're completely wrong in Sun's case, SMF is nothing like launchd.
It looks quite similar to me in concept.