Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:06:49 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu>, Hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite Message-ID: <19990816090648.A84226@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908141221230.57420-100000@janus.syracuse.net>; from Brian F. Feldman on Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 12:23:00PM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908141142320.11364-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908141221230.57420-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 12:23:00PM -0400, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, James Howard wrote: > > I heard somewhere that Linux was released under a slightly modified GPL to > > permit the inclusion of BSD code. I assumed they did this to steal the IP > > stack. > > Most likely. Nope. Linux has always had it's own IP stack. That's where the "Linux's network performance is poor" arguments came from. Of course, it's a lot better these days. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Finally, when replying to messages only quote the parts of the message your will be discussing or that are relevant. Quoting whole messages and adding two lines at the top is not good etiquette." -- Elias Levy -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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