https://github.com/apple/ This organization has no public repositories.
Let's please stop trying to say GitHub == Open Source.
Swift is Open Source
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Re: Swift is Open Source
#102Interesting that this domain is registered at GoDaddy via DomainsByProxy, and hosted on a SoftLayer IP block.
WebKit.org, for instance, is registered with CSC Corporate Domains the same as apple.com, and is hosted on an Apple-owned IP block.
Perhaps a (further) indication this isn't ready for prime time yet?
Re: Swift is Open Source
#103The Swift port for Linux seems to only support x86-64 for now. https://swift.org/blog/swift-linux-port/ I would like to see how swift could run on Linux ARM devices (Raspberry Pi 2/Beagleboard/etc) and other platforms; given that the runtime is already on iOS devices. Kudos to Apple for open-sourcing Swift.
Try to compile it and see if you can get it to work?
there is no source code, yet.
Re: Swift is Open Source
#104It's great to see them follow through with this. I remember when Steve Jobs went on stage and said that FaceTime would be an open standard. Haven't seen that happen yet.
Re FaceTime, I recently read an unsubstantiated but plausible comment that they'd run into patent issues that caused a redesign that caused issues open sourcing it.
and according to someone I heard on a podcast, many of the engineering leadership heard the open sourcing comment for the first time while Steve was up on stage as well.
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#105@OP: Please change title to "Swift will be Open Source soon" until the git repositories become actually available.
The source is available now. The git repo's not up yet, but it's still 'open source' now.
Edit: And now it's on GitHub.
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#106Apache 2.0 License + Runtime Library Exception + copyright owned by the contributor (i.e. no assignment or CLA) + good community structure and documentation + code of conduct... well done, Apple!
Anybody knows what effects of the "copyright owned by the contributor" are in the context of Swift's Apache license? I guess the "good side" is that the lawyers of other companies probably like when the code made by their programmers keeps being copyrighted by the company. But it is still an Apache license, so they can't demand too much from the users of the code. Still, are there any negative aspects? Any imaginable…
"copyright owned by the contributor" means that as the project matures there will be way too many contributors. To change the license for the project to something that is not Apache-compatible Apple would have to ask every contributor to re-license their code, and if the code author disagrees re-implement corresponding parts. In practice that's a signal to every one that the licensing terms are very unlikely to ever change.
Re: Swift is Open Source
#107Interesting that this domain is registered at GoDaddy via DomainsByProxy, and hosted on a SoftLayer IP block. WebKit.org, for instance, is registered with CSC Corporate Domains the same as apple.com, and is hosted on an Apple-owned IP block. Perhaps a (further) indication this isn't ready for prime time yet?
So because Apple did some things one way 8 years ago, they need to do it exactly the same today or someone screwed up? Really??? Nothing changes in the modern world?
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#108Repositories starting to go public now on Github - https://github.com/apple
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#109Re: Swift is Open Source
#110Congrats to Chris Lattner and the others at Apple who were promoting this! I've been watching Swift develop from the initial announcement because it would be a bit like C#. A great backend language that gives you first-class access on one of the most popular platforms.