Re:Apple Open Source
by einr on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:51AM
(#29495991)
macOS is absolutely not a FreeBSD fork, but there are lots of bits and pieces in current macOS that are direct derivatives of FreeBSD code, including kernel code, libc and lots of userland stuff.
"The BSD portion of the OS X kernel is derived primarily from FreeBSD, a version of 4.4BSD that offers advanced networking, performance, security, and compatibility features."
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Da...
"The BSD portion of the OS X kernel is derived primarily from FreeBSD, a version of 4.4BSD that offers advanced networking, performance, security, and compatibility features."