Re: Homebrew Gatekeeper Warning

Eberhard W Lisse <[email protected]> Thu, 7 May 2026 15:21:45 +0200
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This is about Homebrew no longer wanting to publish unsigned casks, as they=
 call it, in their main distribution line (tap). I can update manually and =
have been using xattr for ages, but like having a package manager of sorts =
doing the updates. It =C2=A0ight just spread the word about Unison further.

I thought adding this on github was trivial and just a funding issue. As a =
retired Gynecologist I have no clue whatsoever, however, and therefor thoug=
ht, if the license fees are the issue, this is what I can help with.

LyX, another project I have been using for any years has the same issue, an=
d the same offer from my side. Less pushback though.

greetings, el

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On May 7, 2026 at 15:14 +0200, Greg Troxel <[email protected]>, wrote:
> Eberhard W Lisse <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Well, I would like to pay for the Unison project getting an Apple licen=
se for 5 years.
> >
> > Sorry, am not a native English speaker.
>
> I have no interest in dealing with this. The actual costs, if one were
> to pay labor costs, would be vastly more than $100/year or whatever. I
> don't even want to spend the effort to prepare a real estimate.
>
> Perhaps you could figure out what it would take for you to do builds of
> unison from released sources, sign them, and make them generally
> available, with everything but the private key being published under
> Unison's license, so that people can be confident, and the project can
> be comfortable with you doing this?
>
> Does the xattr approach not work for you?
>
> Or is this about some announcement that Apple is changing their rules so
> that there is really no way for people to run programs that aren't
> signed by somebody? If so, does that mean one can't compile their own
> programs and run them on macOS?

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<div>This is about Homebrew no longer wanting to publish unsigned casks, as=
 they call it, in their main distribution line (tap). I can update manually=
 and have been using xattr for ages, but like having a package manager of s=
orts doing the updates. It &#160;ight just spread the word about Unison fur=
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<div>I thought adding this on github was trivial and just a funding issue. =
As a retired Gynecologist I have no clue whatsoever, however, and therefor =
thought, if the license fees are the issue, this is what I can help with.&#=
160;</div>
<div>&#160;</div>
<div>LyX, another project I have been using for any years has the same issu=
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<div>greetings, el</div>
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<div name=3D"messageReplySection">On May 7, 2026 at 15:14 +0200, Greg Troxe=
l &lt;[email protected]&gt;, wrote:<br />
<blockquote type=3D"cite">Eberhard W Lisse &lt;[email protected]&gt; writes:<br /=
>
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<blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"border-left-color: grey; border-left-wid=
th: thin; border-left-style: solid; margin: 5px 5px;padding-left: 10px;">We=
ll, I would like to pay for the Unison project getting an Apple license for=
 5 years.<br />
<br />
Sorry, am not a native English speaker.<br /></blockquote>
<br />
I have no interest in dealing with this. The actual costs, if one were<br /=
>
to pay labor costs, would be vastly more than $100/year or whatever. I<br /=
>
don't even want to spend the effort to prepare a real estimate.<br />
<br />
Perhaps you could figure out what it would take for you to do builds of<br =
/>
unison from released sources, sign them, and make them generally<br />
available, with everything but the private key being published under<br />
Unison's license, so that people can be confident, and the project can<br /=
>
be comfortable with you doing this?<br />
<br />
Does the xattr approach not work for you?<br />
<br />
Or is this about some announcement that Apple is changing their rules so<br=
 />
that there is really no way for people to run programs that aren't<br />
signed by somebody? If so, does that mean one can't compile their own<br />
programs and run them on macOS?<br /></blockquote>
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