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Re: Free software development?

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lcrocker wrote:

> I'm a Linux guy. But I've occasionally had to write things for
> Windows, so I use tools like MinGW that provide a full toolchain for
> Windows development. I'd like to write stuff for Apple devices as
> well.
> 
> I've spent several hours Googling, but I can't find any straight
> answer to what seems like a simple question to me: is there any
> toolchain for doing MacOS and/or iOS free software development?
> Everything I've seen (like THEOS, OpenDev) requires XCode, and XCode
> requires I agree to their terms of service that limit what I'm allowed
> to do with my own code. There used to be a thing called GCC installer,
> but it seems to have been abandoned in favor of something called
> "command line tools", which requires an Apple ID (and therefore
> agreement with Apple TOS) to download.
> 
> So, is there any way to develop free software for OSX or IOS without
> making myself Apple's bitch?

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