[Info-vax] bash (Re: BASIC (was Re: 64-bit))

[John Dallman]

In article <uo63ei$1fo5f$1 at dont-email.me>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
wrote:

> Apple switched from old bash (GPL V2) to zsh (MIT) instead of to
> new bash (GPL V3).
> 
> The internet per Google search seems a bit unclear about exactly 
> why.
> 
> Some say that Apple do not like the patent stuff in GPL V3
> not present in GPL V2.

They probably don't. Their attitude to patents is interesting. Their
developer agreement, which you have to sign to be able to run iOS code
you're developing on iDevices you've bought and paid for, terminates
immediately and automatically if you sue Apple for patent infringement.
That's part of the agreement. 

> Some say that Apple want to sign executables on iOS and that
> is incompatible with GPL right to modify and replace.

They do not include bash in iOS, at all. It's not hidden, it really isn't
there. However, they may well want to sign executables on macOS. 

John