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Date:      	Thu, 9 Mar 1995 17:46:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com>
To:        Ching Shih <shih@cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.0, 4.4BSD-Lite, 4.4BSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950309174329.543A-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <9503092042.AA24129@cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu>

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On Thu, 9 Mar 1995, Ching Shih wrote:

> I just purchased a book (with a CD disk):
> 	4.4BSD-Lite, CD-ROM Companion
> It contains the cource cide and documentation for 4.4BSD-Lite Release.
> 
> Does it contain ALL the source code for 4.4BSD-Lite? I thought it does. 
> But I am confused after I read the introduction. It says that it does not
> contain all the source code for 4.4BSD -- some of kernel files were removed.

  4.4BSD-Lite is 4.4BSD with certain "things" removed.  These "things" were 
part of small legal problem.

  FreeBSD2.0 is 4.4BSD-Lite with those "things" replaced and many many other
changes.

Tom



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