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The release builds on a long-standing library of open source code that dates all the way back to OS X 10.0. There, you’ll also find the Open Source Reference Library, developer tools, along with iOS and OS X Server resources. The lowest layers of macOS, including the kernel, BSD portions, and drivers are based mainly on open source technologies, collectively called Darwin. As such, Apple provides download links to the latest versions of these technologies for the open source community to learn and to use.
The Original DarwinPorts: Open Source on Mac OS X. Thursday the 9th of October, 2008. The TrustedBSD framework for mandatory access control has been ported to Darwin. The binary release of Darwinports 1.1 in disk image format is available for download here.
Apple usually updates its open source Darwin code for public consumption not long after the public release of its latest update to OS X. Although the is the, Apple has maintained the open source tradition with this release. You can read more about Apple’s history of open sourcing.