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

[Dan Cross]

In article <uo6m0u$1j680$1 at dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>On 1/16/2024 2:32 PM, 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.
>
>Yes. But bash 3.x under GPL 2 right?

Yup; appears so:

; bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (arm64-apple-darwin23)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
; which bash
/bin/bash
; ls -l /bin/bash
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1310224 Dec 15 09:43 /bin/bash
;

	- Dan C.