Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:54:44 -0500 From: LinuxIsOne <linuxisone@gmail.com> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd is really bsd? Message-ID: <CAG-YhMsmVHVUN%2BPgmY73wyCSJ6Gqejr2Hjx8xbcW7ukvgm152A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201112131604.pBDG421N008072@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <CAG-YhMvR84-D0MDV42OTLpDKTNiKLUC0Lb-zBzN8VnCssOSFAg@mail.gmail.com> <201112131604.pBDG421N008072@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: > Any of the '*BSD' named operating systems trace their ancestery to variou= s > 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. =A0None of the ancestor software used in this way was a comple= te, > runnable and working working Operating System. =A0 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'. Oh I see. Thanks.
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