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Date:      Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:50:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
Cc:        "[gill]" <gill@topsecret.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new to BSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002111748090.42335-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000211234628.00999210@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Olaf Hoyer wrote:

> Also I remember some thoughts from some kind of christian organisation to
> bring out a purified UNIX for christian use... They intended to clean all
> foul language out of it, so thet even the commands like kill, terminate,
> etc would have to be renamed, of course there are no demons (pardon
> daemons, but there is no difference since they are also somewhat small and
> creepy) etc. Of course the fortune file needs to be replaced of bible
> verses... 

This was a hoax.

> This should have been based on some kind of Linux, I mean to recall...

It was called 'Jesux' and the announcement claimed it would be distributed
under a modified berkeley license with a "John 3:16" clause instead of
the standard clause 3.

This got all of the GPL zealots up in arms until they realised they were
all being fooled.

Kris

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"Eight!"
"That was a rhetorical question!"
"Oh..then, seven!" -- Homer Simpson



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