Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:15:51 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu> Cc: marcus@miami.edu (Joe "Marcus" Clarke), stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD [3.1] is Unix ??? (Was: Re: 3.1 Release splash image) Message-ID: <199902250115.TAA47809@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu> of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:16:49 CST." <199902250016.SAA13520@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>
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Igor Roshchin writes: > Hello! > > > On that screen image I see the word "Unix". > I wonder - how about the statement that FreeBSD is not a Unix, > but a Unix-like system ? > (see http://www.UNIX-systems.org/ by the Opengroup) It all has to do with who owns the trademark to the name, "Unix". FreeBSD, Inc., does not own that trademark and does not pay tribute for the use of the name. Therefore FreeBSD is only "Unix-like". In reality FreeBSD is a true blue-blood Un*x system, traceable to the origins of Unix. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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