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Date:      Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:48:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      James Clifford <james@base2.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: BSD = Unix ???
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011444590.2568-100000@euclid.base2.org>
In-Reply-To: <04a501bf6ced$14f961c0$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx>

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I think that the trademark is an important issue, but while Linux is build
to work like Unix, *BSD can actually trace its roots back to AT&T. It's
not a Unix workalike but is actually a Unix... except for the licensing
issues of the offical name.

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Alejandro Ramirez wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>     Unix its a trademark, and the owner righ now I think its Santa Cruz
> Operation, and all the systems that wants to be called unix, have to pay for
> the use of the name.
> 
> Greetings...
> Ales



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