Re: How to get Mach; Mach for Mac?

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From: Mark Lanett
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:00

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dswartz@sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) writes:

>What I have asked on this newsgroup at least 3 times in the last 6 months
>(with no response) is why CMU can't release the micro-kernel only portion
>of MacMach (i.e. have it be a machine option like i386, luna88k, etc...)
>Admittedly, a micro-kernel only is of limited use, but then you can make
>that same argument about all of the other machine types as well.  I would
>really appreciate it if *someone* from CMU could explain this...

MacMach was a partnership w/ Apple and has a bit of proprietary stuff in it;
that was to be covered in the general license. I don't know but imagine that
some of it was in the kernal also. I'd be surprised if ANY part of MacMach
could be distributed freely.

Mark L
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