Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 07:00:09 EDT From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Apple and OSF Announce Linux for Power Macintosh Message-ID: <199602071200.MAA29144@exalt.x.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 06 Feb 1996 22:34:23 EDT. <199602070634.WAA00414@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> Argh! > > -----------------http://www.mklinux.apple.com/linux.html------------------- > > Apple Computer, Inc. > Press Release > > Apple and Open Software Foundation Announce Linux for Power Macintosh > > Leading User-Supported Version of UNIX to be Available to > Power Macintosh Users > > CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts-February 5, 1996-Apple Computer, > Inc. announced today that it is supporting a project with the Open > Software Foundation (OSF) to port Linux, a freely distributed version > of UNIX(tm), to a variety of Power Macintosh(tm) products. This > version of Linux operates on the OSF Mach microkernel which will be > running natively on the PowerPC microprocessor. The announcement was > made at the Conference on Freely Redistributable Software held in > Cambridge. A demo of an early prototype was shown as part of the > announcement. So it's not really Linux then, it's OSF/1 with Linux emulation. > In keeping with the spirit of the Linux community, More like keeping with the terms of the GPL. :-) > Apple and OSF will > make the source code for this Linux port freely available. This > includes source code to the Mach microkernel and the required > Macintosh platform driver support. Linux is distributed throughout > the world over the Internet and other means, generally through the GNU > General Public License, which allows people to use it and change it so > long as no further restrictions are imposed and that the source code > is made available. So, since the source code will be available, it'll be a piece of cake to build "FreeBSD" for PowerMac on the same basis. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY
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