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From: razzle dazzle root beer <okram@notwork.net>
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Subject: 4.4BSD licensing question freebsd/netbsd/openbsd/linux
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 07:01:39 -0400 (EDT)
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I was talking with a friend recently regarding Linux's past poor network performance/ability and he said that
the reason it was bad was that they had to do their own network code, they could not take the berkeley code so
they made all the same mistakes over again. 

My question is, why couldn't linux take that code, and why could freebsd, netbsd and openbsd take it?

Also, if any exist, I would appreaciate any pointers to information regarding this on the net. 

Thanks alot.

Marko
     @notwork.net