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In-Reply-To: <199605121414.QAA12804@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at May 12, 96 04:12:53 pm
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Hallo,

> >> Yes and no.  FreeBSD is derived from UNIX, but as of a couple of years
> >> ago, the term "UNIX" is a trade mark, not a description of an
> >> operating system.  As a result, FreeBSD many not be called UNIX.  I'm

It is trademark and it is name of an operating system.
Of course, FreeBSD doesn't certified by X/Open, but it doesn't matter, IMHO.

> >> still wondering, however, whether it may not be called "Berkeley
> >> UNIX".

I think there are no such thing as "Berkeley UNIX". If you refer to
BSD, you have to write BSD (and indicate release), 
not UNIX. Because "UNIX" originally referred
to System V, again, IMHO.

> >
> > Does 'Unix as trademark' really date back only a couple of years?

yeah. starting from 1969 :)

> I'm copying this one to chat, since I can imagine that there could be
> significant followup.

It will.


-edd



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The flight control software for the entire U.S. Space Shuttle program 
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