Re:Windows is an option today - not an requirement (Score 1)

The problem isn't that Apple doesn't contribute their improvements; they do and even release some of their own innovations as open source. The problem is that the Linux kernel gets more attention because a lot of people pay attention to it (i.e. the same reason anyone uses Windows). Had the BSDs not had legal troubles in the 90s, Linus would not have even bothered writing Linux in the first place. GNU would either be a footnote in history, Hurd would actually be complete, or everyone would be using GNU/BSD instead (which actually exists, but isn't used much due to Linux having better hardware support because). There is nothing technically or legally superior about the GPL, it just looks nicer/worse to lawyers from different groups.