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Date:      Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:20:03 -0400
From:      Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The FSF makes up tales about BSD
Message-ID:  <D02AF2D2-D16B-11D6-B479-000393A335A2@earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <200209260154.TAA25245@lariat.org>

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On Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002, at 21:54 US/Eastern, Brett Glass wrote:

> At
>
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#bsd
>
> an unidentified writer at the FSF (most likely Bradley Kuhn) writes:
>
> "The BSD system was developed by UC Berkeley as non-free software in 
> the 80s,
> and became free in the early 90s."
>
> And later, just below that,
>
> "The BSD developers were inspired to make their code free software by 
> the
> example of the GNU Project, and explicit appeals from GNU activists 
> helped
> convince them to start...."
>
> It seems to me that those who know the true history of BSD should 
> protest
> this attempt to rewrite history vigorously.
>

The powered of Rose, or in this case GNU colored glasses.  Note how 
Linux, or GNU/Linux or YoMomma/Linux or whatever was now created in 
1984 and not exactly by Linus?  There was a register rant/article by 
RMS where he claimed to have started Linux in 1984.  Man I wish I had 
their free time.

--Larry


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