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From: jlr@usoft.spb.su (John Lynn Roseman)
Subject: UNIX functionality for the Hurd (Was: Re: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. LINUX!!!)
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mib@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes in <MIB.94May31121730@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>:
> The Unix functionality comes from many places.  There is relatively
> little code from BSD.  

How much Hurd code comes from Linux?

And what about the single server?  That's a vital piece of UNIX
functionality for the Hurd that relies on tainted BSD code.


> There are no legal unknowns about the 4.4-Lite distribution, because
> Novell blessed it appropriately.
Novell blessed it months ago, but the BSD community has still not 
delivered a free single server.