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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:6666 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1430 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!cpac.washington.edu!joshua From: joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: [ANSWER] What is *BSD? Date: 10 Nov 93 01:56:33 GMT Organization: Institute for the Study of Ancient Science Lines: 17 Message-ID: <JOSHUA.93Nov9175635@bailey.cpac.washington.edu> References: <jmonroyCG7wED.77x@netcom.com> <34941@ksr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bailey.cpac.washington.edu In-reply-to: jfw@ksr.com's message of 9 Nov 93 12:51:47 EST In article <34941@ksr.com> jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes: > BSD 4.4 (or 4.4 BSD) > The latest, and possibly last, release of UNIX from UCB. The CSRG > is being disbanded, as the money for OS research is drying up. > Depending on the outcome of the USL vs. UCB suit, there may be a > "4.4 BSD Lite" release which will be 4.4 BSD without AT&T code; > this assumes that any members of the now-disbanded CSRG group feel > like going to the effort then. Until then, you need an AT&T > source license to get 4.4BSD, just as you did to get 4.3BSD. I am given to understand that 4.4lite is to be a binary dist of 4.4 bsd. I suppose it is possible I am mistaken about this. anyone know? josh