Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:04:02 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, reallife@hmamail.com Subject: Re: freebsd is really bsd? Message-ID: <201112131604.pBDG421N008072@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG-YhMvR84-D0MDV42OTLpDKTNiKLUC0Lb-zBzN8VnCssOSFAg@mail.gmail.com>
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Dec 13 09:18:00 2011 > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:41 -0500 > From: LinuxIsOne <reallife@hmamail.com> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: freebsd is really bsd? > > hi, > > Is freebsd simply bsd name, means it is free so they appended the word > 'free' is it like this? > Any of the '*BSD' named operating systems trace their ancestery to various software released by the C.S.R.G. at the University of California at Berkeley, under the name of a 'Berkeley Software Distributin', or "BSD" for short. None of the ancestor software used in this way was a complete, runnable and working working Operating System. Any 'runnable' O/S distributed by UCB/CSRG under the 'BSD' name also required a license from AT&T. FreeBSD _is_ free from any licensing 'encumberments' that would prevent one from using it 'as they see fit', subject *only* to retaining certain accreditations aind copyright notices in the source code, and in any docucmentationt that accompines a 'binary'/'executable'.
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