Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:08:25 -0600 (CST) From: Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD [3.1] is Unix ??? (Was: Re: 3.1 Release splash image) Message-ID: <199902252308.RAA22574@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199902250115.TAA47809@nospam.hiwaay.net> from "David Kelly" at "Feb 24, 1999 7:15:51 pm"
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> Igor Roshchin writes: > > > > 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 > It's rather the question of definitions. (And you are right - the definitions are given by the owners of the trademark) I know what FreeBSD is, and I refer to it as "Unix" between my friends/colleagues and myself. However, if technically speaking it is not Unix (TM) according to the current definition, - it should not be called that way either on the official web-page, or on the logo-s. Igor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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