Re:DirectX 12 Support on macOS
by rollcat on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @08:12AM
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It's still not a great thing to do. Apple used to contribute a lot more, even if some of their stuff was exclusive to their platform. https://opensource.apple.com
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That's largely down to GPL3, unfortunately.
They can’t really do anything because of the massive liabilities GPL v3 opens them up to.
My understanding; the license won’t allow them to settle if a third party seeks patent licensing from them over shipped GPL code - they have to ensure everyone using any derivative of the upstreamed code is also covered by that patent license.