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		nikcub on Aug 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OS X emulation layer for Linux there is hope that the decision in Oracle vs Google[0] on API's not being copyrightable might change that [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_v._Google

mattrepl on Aug 5, 2013 [–]

I think zw meant that the Cocoa binaries can't be distributed with Darling. That's not a major problem for users that have a copy of OS X. Darling can allow users to supply their own.

The potential issue you refer to would also prevent implementing the Cocoa API with Qt.

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