Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:19:49 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Das Devaraj <das@netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX? Message-ID: <199801152219.OAA22513@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 15 Jan 98 13:44:02 -0800. <Pine.3.89.9801151337.A21235-0100000@netcom18>
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>Can I _legally_ claim that my box running FreeBSD is UNIX?
>Or should it phrased that the OS is a _UNIX clone_. Note that
>this has nothing to do with the actual power of FreeBSD. What
My _opinion_ is screw the lawyers, FreeBSD (and NetBSD and OpenBSD) is
"BSD Unix" (as opposed to SVRx Unix).
Everything about it is Unix except the name. If it quacks like a
duck...
However, if lawyers are involved, you may have to call it Unix-like.
>happened after the UNIX name was bought from AT&T by Novell (is
>it public domain now?)
Novell gave it to the X/Open consortium, if I'm not mistaken. It
still requires a suite of tests and some sort of fee to be officially
dubbed Sir Unix.
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Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix.
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