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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!dal26.onramp.net!user From: dhayes@onramp.net (David Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: is FreeBSD 2.0 source code complete? Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 17:37:24 -0600 Organization: ISIS, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <dhayes-1103951737240001@dal26.onramp.net> References: <95068.132609SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal26.onramp.net In article <95068.132609SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, <SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> wrote: > In its Overview, it says that it does not include the sources > for the complete 4.4BSD system. > > I very confused by that statement. We know 4.4BSD is a complete > unix operating system. But I thought 4.4BSD-Lite was a complete > system too. (Am I wrong?) 4.4BSD includes some AT&T/USL code. It is complete, but you must have an AT&T source license to get it. 4.4BSD-Lite has the AT&T modules removed. It is not a complete, ready-to-compile OS, but anyone can get it. FreeBSD 2.0 is based on 4.4BSD-Lite. "Based on", in this case, means that the missing A&T modules were reproduced. There have been many other changes, but that's the pertinent one for this discussion. -- David Hayes PGP public key available on request, or send dhayes@onramp.net mail subject: help to pgp-public-keys@demon.co.uk I pay for this connection, so these must be my opinions, unless they're the opinions of my 13-year-old son using my login.