Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:47:36 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lawyers to be sicked on *BSD? Message-ID: <20030126074736.GC1606@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <rifzrimnne.zri@localhost.localdomain> References: <0gvg0gn1o4.g0g@localhost.localdomain> <3E2F3BE6.A8FEEFA5@mindspring.com> <3E30B7AA.7000008@quadtelecom.com> <3E30C49B.51D10FAC@mindspring.com> <rifzrimnne.zri@localhost.localdomain>
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On Friday, 24 January 2003 at 10:02:45 -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > I read that "BSD 4.4-Lite derived code bases" have nothing to worry > about. (Let's assume the settlement says that.) The settlement is secret. > Isn't the Linux kernel derived from BSD 4.4-Lite? No. > There was never much BSD code involved and maybe none by now, but > it's still a derivative. No. > FreeBSD is "more" of a derivative, but much less than it was in > 1995. Is OS/X 4.4-Lite-derived? How much derivation is needed to > satisfy the terms of the secret settlement? Who cares? A year ago Caldera (now SCO) released all the predecessor systems under a BSD license. After that, any other issue is irrelevant. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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