From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 26 12:31:11 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA03434 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:31:11 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA03427 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:30:57 -0800 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id MAA02093; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:30:46 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id MAA00158; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:30:45 -0800 Message-Id: <199501262030.MAA00158@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: abrahams@equinox.shaysnet.com (Paul Abrahams) cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Description of FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 26 Jan 95 13:04:48 EST." <9501261804.AA07282@equinox.shaysnet.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:30:44 -0800 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Dear FreeBSD folk, > >Here's the paragraph I've written for the Second Edition of my book >"UNIX for the Impatient" to describe FreeBSD. I'd be grateful if you >could look at it and let me know if I've got anything wrong or if there's >anything that needs to be added. Thanks. > >Paul Abrahams >Reply-To: abrahams@acm.org > >----------------------- > >^{FreeBSD} is a derivative of ^{BSD 4.4} for the ^{i386} architecture >built from the ^{BSDLite} code and based indirectly on ^{BSD/386}. ^^^^^^^ 386BSD. >It is supported by a team of volunteers. >Documentation is available in the 4.4BSD Document Set (Reference \citeref{bsd44}). >\query{We need a full biblio citation with exact title and publication >date for that (O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-082-1), and also a description >suitable for our Resources chapter.} >Information and program files are available over the Internet from >"FreeBSD.org" (questions to "questions@FreeBSD.org"). >It is also available on a CD-ROM sold by, among others, Walnut Creek >CD-ROM. >Most of FreeBSD, unlike \linux, is governed by a Berkeley license that permits ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ UC Berkeley style license >redistribution as long as the code includes a notice acknowledging the >copyright of the Regents of the University of California. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ copyright of the author >A few parts of FreeBSD include GNU software and are therefore covered by >the GPL, however. These are kept in a different part of the source tree.