Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 07:39:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: fengyue@bluerose.windmoon.nu (FengYue) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Message-ID: <200010240739.AAA11051@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010211728130.20482-100000@shell.unixbox.com> from "FengYue" at Oct 21, 2000 05:31:50 PM
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> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote: > > ->Differences... FreeBSD is a real Unix, while Linux is a ..how should I > > Hmmm. FreeBSD is not a UNIX, rather it's a UNIX alike OS. (Which really > doesn't matter IMHO) > > Don't forget UNIX is a trademark of Open Group. Actually, it's a trademark of USL, licensed to The Open Group. People with paid up USL licenses are grandfathered to be able to call it UNIX, since it's derived from USL sources. I believe there was actually a full POSIX certification of a version of Linux at one time, but it's certainly dated, and the trademark usage rules have since changed. I believe that the The Open Group license is exclusive, so I don't know what impact Caldera's recent purchase has on their ability to call Caldera Linux "UNIX". Last time I checked, they wanted an unholy amount of money to permit you to use the trademark, or they wanted a similar amount for an SVR4 source license, so there was practically no difference in the money they got out of the deal (so I guess the value is in the name, not the code). On a similar note, Novell was licensing NetWare for UNIX for $150,000, the Netware for UNIX Client for $100,000, or you could get UNIX sources and both NetWare products for $250,000, which also makes a statement about the value of the SVR4 source code... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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