From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 25 21: 6: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from jamesnt.iadfw.net (jamesnt.iadfw.net [206.66.13.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD15A37B405 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:06:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamesn@jamesnt.iadfw.net) Received: (from jamesn@localhost) by jamesnt.iadfw.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f5Q46Oi88460; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:06:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jamesn) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:06:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200106260406.f5Q46Oi88460@jamesnt.iadfw.net> From: James Nuckolls To: Jordan Hubbard Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? In-Reply-To: <20010615144235I.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> References: <20010615144235I.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-To: jamesn@airmail.net Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In mailinglist.freebsd.hackers, you wrote: > This is a good reference, but sadly it only really refers to "the > sockets paradigm as first popularized by BSD", which means they could > have followed the API without touching a single line of BSD code. > > To reiterate: What I'm looking for is some true, hard evidence that > Microsoft has used BSD code in any of their operating systems. A I assume you've carefully examined the NT 3.51 (and 4.0) license agreement? If they did use anything that's from a BSD socket layer there should be a clause 3 statement there[1][2]. I think I've got a NT 3.5 server kit at the office somewhere... [1] I mention this because I sware I've seen an actual NT 3.51 manual, the front cover if which DID contain the Bezerkly license agreement. Unfortunatly I've lost it. [2] And knowing Microsoft's lawyers, it really is there even if they were trying to cover the fact up. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message