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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:34963 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1743 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov!jcburt From: jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov () Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Date: 19 Apr 1993 14:11:07 GMT Organization: NASA Langley Research Center Lines: 34 Message-ID: <1qubtrINN803@rave.larc.nasa.gov> References: <1993Apr17.194341.4562@serval.net.wsu.edu> <1qq2ts$1lo8@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <JWINSTEA.93Apr17163121@fenris.claremont.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov In article <JWINSTEA.93Apr17163121@fenris.claremont.edu> jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes: >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. [...stuff deleted...] Just out of curiosity, I remember awhile back that AT&T was suing BSDI for copyright infringement, or something along those lines. I also remember that BSD386 (the BSDI product) and 386BSD were originally one and the same, being developed by the Jolitz's and friends. At some point a feud broke out and 386BSD (the free product) seperated from BSD386 (the commercial product). Now, does the AT&T suit against BSDI affect 386BSD in any way ? John jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov