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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:34713 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1697 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!news.claremont.edu!news!jwinstea From: jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes In-Reply-To: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu's message of 17 Apr 1993 19:13:00 -0400 Message-ID: <JWINSTEA.93Apr17163121@fenris.claremont.edu> Sender: news@news.claremont.edu (The News System) Organization: Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR References: <1993Apr15.225354.18654@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1993Apr17.161516.2794@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1qpk76$bbl@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1993Apr17.194341.4562@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1qq2ts$1lo8@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 00:31:21 GMT Lines: 27 In article <1qq2ts$1lo8@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: In article <1993Apr17.194341.4562@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) writes: > > That means no GNU copyrighted code in the "official" 386bsd release. You are full of shit. The `official' release include GCC, GDB, GNU tar, and several other pieces of GNU code. I believe HJ may have spoken a little hastily. I believe, however, that the Jolitz' have said they do not want any copylefted code in the *kernel proper*. Hence, Linus was asked (or volunteered?) to make the math emulation code available under a BSDish copyright, which he did. I remember a flap in the 386BSD community a little while ago about an improved serial driver (?) that the author had copylefted, which angered a good many people, and the author had to loosen the copyright to the BSDish form for it to be accepted. Just trying to do a little interpreting and clarifying, and not leaping into this absolutely stupid and childish series of flame wars. (And that's coming from someone in the .edu domain, too! :) -- loveritablessencentipedependentalism+ Jim Winstead Jr. (CSci '95) andaterrificklengtherealityearguessy| Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR mpathybridgenerationiceremonymphysic| jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU alendareadvertisexpresshothoughthend+ or jwinstea@fenris.Claremont.EDU