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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:22:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Subject: Re: Amusing: LinuxCountry site runs on FreeBSD :)
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On 18 Jun 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> writes:
> > Its great, except for two little nits where they mention the
> > licencing.  Once on page two where they state that "it requires source
> > distribution", and on page 3 where they place the "less restrictive"
> > license as a "Con" instead of a "Pro".  I fired off a nice message to
> > them pointing this out, so maybe they'll correct them.
> 
> Make sure to point out that FreeBSD's ability to run Linux software
> bears no relation to iBCS. FreeBSD can run most native Linux software
> as fast as, and sometimes faster than, Linux itself.

I sent that message off before I even posted to the list, so someone
else is quite welcome to mention the iBCS thing.  Chances are, someone
already has.


-- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net
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