From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 07:45:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F134216A428; Fri, 26 May 2006 07:45:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: from comp.chem.msu.su (comp.chem.msu.su [158.250.32.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B27A43D55; Fri, 26 May 2006 07:45:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: from comp.chem.msu.su (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by comp.chem.msu.su (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4Q7jfbA048605; Fri, 26 May 2006 11:45:41 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: (from yar@localhost) by comp.chem.msu.su (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id k4Q7jeEr048604; Fri, 26 May 2006 11:45:41 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yar) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:45:40 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20060526074540.GB47499@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <1148585364.447605943e3e1@imp2-g19.free.fr> <4784.1148586952@critter.freebsd.dk> <20060525200846.GA2796@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060526072155.GA744@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060526072155.GA744@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Jim Thompson , current@freebsd.org, small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 07:45:45 -0000 On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 05:21:55PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Thu, 2006-May-25 16:40:53 -1000, Jim Thompson wrote: > >>Make that UNIX-like or TOG will be on your back. Another one of these > >>modern times 'achievements'. > > > >eh? FreeBSD >is< (a) Unix. (Linux is not.) > > FreeBSD has not gone through the TOG hoops necessary to legally brand > itself as Unix. Even in heritage terms, by the terms of the AT&T vs > UC lawsuit, Lite-2 (and hence FreeBSD) contains no AT&T code and is > therefore not Unix. Let's say that *BSD have outgrown Unix while Linux has never grown into it. So we'll at once a) hint the audience at our noble roots, b) pretend we aren't limited by design decisions from the Iron Age of computing, and c) taunt Linux ;-) -- Yar