Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 01:04:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Stephane Legrand <stephane@lituus.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Linux is UNIX, and FreeBSD is not?" Message-ID: <199806052304.BAA00928@sequoia.lituus.fr> In-Reply-To: <19980605095731.P768@freebie.lemis.com> References: <01bd8ffc$0bac1740$f820aace@eliot.pacbell.net> <19980605095731.P768@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey writes: > On Thu, 4 June 1998 at 14:02:12 -0700, Jack Velte wrote: > >> On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Oliver Fromme wrote: > >> > >>> As we probably all know, neither FreeBSD nor Linux can be > >>> legally called a "UNIX system" [*1]. However, this might > >>> change in the future, as far as Linux is concerned: > >>> > >>> http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980529/uniforum_a_2.html > >>> > >>> That article essentially says that there are efforts -- > >>> supported by The Open Group -- to get Linux the "UNIX98" > >>> brand. > >>> > >>>> From a technical point of view, I'd say that FreeBSD is > >>> certainly more "unixish" than Linux, given the fact that it > >>> is derived from 4.4BSD, while Linux is basically a complete > >>> rewrite (and besides: it is GNU, and "GNU's Not UNIX" ;-). > >>> Needless to say, I'm worried that one day Linux can be > >>> legally called a UNIX system, while FreeBSD (still) cannot. > > > > is anyone working on this issue? did i hear someone > > volunteer jordan? uh. would someone else like to > > work on it? > > We discussed this a while back. We decided that UNIX 98% validation > was counterproductive. > But if Linux finally get this validation, could/should this decision be reconsidered ? And did FreeBSD (stable and/or current) have a good chance to obtain this kind of validation in a technical point of view ? Stephane Legrand. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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