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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:17852 comp.os.386bsd.development:2800 comp.os.mach:4306 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.mach Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!zib-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!news.muc.de!greenie!golem!andi From: andi@golem.greenie.muc.de (Andi Kleen) Subject: Re: Free single server for Mach X-Comment-To: (Kirill V. Kuzmichov) Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.mach X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: somewhere Message-ID: <D0I5pD.p1@golem.greenie.muc.de> References: <199412071530.AA20963@rcom.spb.su> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 17:24:49 GMT Lines: 31 Kirill V. Kuzmichov (kvk@usoft.spb.su) wrote: > From the Hurd FAQ: > : Unfortunately, at this time there are no (known) free, > : redistributable Unix single-servers. The OSF/1 single-server > : is commercial. The single-server from CMU requires an AT&T > : source license, since it uses the Berkeley kernel; with the > : resolution of the AT&T/BSDI suit, it may be starting up again, > : one way or another. Johannes Helander (jvh@cs.hut.fi) hopes > : to replace the encumbered Net2 pieces with cleared BSD-Lite > : pieces whenever that distribution comes out. > Now that BSD-Lite is out does anybody know what else needs to be > done for a free server for Mach? > Kirill There is a free BSD-lite-based single server for mach: Lites. It has Linux-binary compatibility and can be used (with MACH4) as a plug-in kernel for NetBSD. It is still Alpha though. There is a mailing list for Lites. Send mail to lites-request@cs.hut.fi -Andi