On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> At 1:03 PM -0500 3/21/03, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:53:45PM -0800, Space Case wrote:
> >
> >By which Apple means "our bean counters say we *might* still be able
> >to make money off of that code, so you can't have it".
>
> This question was seriously asked and received serious consideration
> when A/UX was abandoned.  A major concern, as I recall, was the
> distraction cost.  If they let the code out then it would generate
> lots of questions which Apple would have to respond to.  That would
> not only cost money directly, but would probably distract engineers
> who ought to be concentrating on the next product to make money, not
> the last one which wouldn't.

Additionally, there is the cost of preparing code/documentation for public
view. You have to check licenses and be carefull about things you received
under NDA. Also, it could be that the documentation is not in the source.
Then you have to prep for external consumption documents that were never
meant for it. :-(

Much easier to just make on-going projects be Open-Source clean, and go
forward.

Take care,

Bill