Asahi Linux is shifting from the MIT license to GPL v2 or later to curb uncredited code duplication and third-party commercialization attempts on Apple Silicon.
The project is relicensing its repositories under strong copyleft while rolling out general availability for Apple M3 support.
The decision came after cases where others attempted to appropriate the team's work. According to the announcement, there were cases where code that was still in development was copied directly without any reference, while in other cases artificial intelligence tools were used to change the code in order to hide its origin.
The team originally chose the MIT license to facilitate collaboration with other open source projects, such as BSD projects. They now believe that this approach does not provide the necessary protection against such practices. The transition is already underway for the repositories, and future code will use stronger protection terms.
Support for M3 chip and new features
On the technical side, the most important development is the general availability of support for M3 chips. Enabling display management on these chips improves performance and battery life, enables sleep mode, and makes the area around the notch useful.
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Graphics support for the M3 is not yet complete, but the team has managed to get the graphics card up and running and draw its first triangle. Meanwhile, preliminary support for the M4 Pro, M4 Max, and M5 has progressed to an initial level for text console use.
Additional system improvements
Initial support for Thunderbolt ports has been added to the code, limited to USB, XDomain, and networking functions. The team is also working on audio and video drivers to be officially integrated, while optimizations to the microphone code have made it almost twice as fast.
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