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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD ...
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 15:43:30 -0700
Organization: Me
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J Wunsch wrote:
] That's why Terry Lambert and John Dyson call the Linux development
] `closed'; they could never become active commiters for Linux' CVS
] tree (if something like this would even exist).
Actually, I haven't gone so far as to call it closed. I've even
submitted patches (through Linux friends) for their FS code and
had them integrated.
It *is* a monarchy rather than a democracy, however. BSD would
be in the same boat had BSD's king not abdicated.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.