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by pcwalton 902 days ago
Apple tried this too with Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext, which uses a haiku with a copyright message as the key to decrypt certain executables like the Finder. I don't think it had any real-world impact.
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Pretty rich considering their history with sosumi.
Also reminds me of MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL in the Linux kernel.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/license-rules...