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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!netserv.com!pagesat.net!news.ossi.com!usenet From: merblich@ossi.com (Mitchell Erblich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix ( Date: 17 Apr 1996 21:38:34 GMT Organization: Fujitsu Open Systems Solutions, Inc. Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4l3ocq$9ms@news.ossi.com> References: <NELSON.96Apr15000449@ns.crynwr.com> Reply-To: merblich@ossi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: guacamole.ossi.com Why can't a OS Release have some "free" src, maybe drivers, and keep a certain amount of the kernel closed and to charge a minimal fee for it. This should allow drivers to be added as needed by the software community and still present basicly a "free" system or should I say psuedo-free. Mitchell Erblich : merblich@ossi.com