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

[Chris Townley]

On 16/01/2024 19:32, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <memo.20240116175256.3116K at jgd.cix.co.uk>,
> John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Apple ships bash with macOS; it's just not the default shell.
> Anyway, if someone wanted to ship a Unix shell with OpenVMS and
> they were worried about GPLv3, they could always ship zsh or
> tcsh.
> 
> 	- Dan C.
> 

Or ksh

-- 
Chris