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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ...
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 20:36:34 -0700
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Brian Wheeler wrote:
] What do you consider closed development? If I were
] so inclined, I could write kernel code and get it included
] (providing it wasn't crap or something), either in the
] official kernel, or as a patch.
]
] Could I just hop over and write code for the FreeBSD
] kernel if I had an Idea I wanted to implement?
Yes.
Assuming your changes didn't stand in the way of in progress
integration work or conflict with changes by other programmers,
in which case their integration would be delayed (not prevented).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.