The goal of the OpenDarwin project is to provide resources for open source developers to interact and produce products for Apple’s Mac OS X. Like most modern operating systems, OpenDarwin employs a built-in kernel debugger to help the developers find kernel bugs. It should be noted that the OpenDarwin project is fully independent of Apple, and has complete control over it’s own code, though they generally try to stay compatible with Apple’s own software. Many of the OpenDarwin developers are Apple employees, whereas others are not. The OpenDarwin developers use a version control system called Concurrent Versions System (CVS to manage changes to the OpenDarwin source code. Apple benefits from the project because development in OpenDarwin is often incorporated into Darwin releases and the open source community benefits since it is given complete control over its own operating system. The goal of the OpenDarwin project, founded in April 2002, is to create an independent branch of the Darwin operating system that increases collaboration between Apple developers and the open source community. OpenDarwin – a freely available, multi-platform Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) / Mach 3.0 kernel-based UNIX-like operating system. The last version | Released: 7.2.1 | July 16, 2004
