Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:57:31 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jack Velte <jackv@earthling.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Linux is UNIX, and FreeBSD is not?" Message-ID: <19980605095731.P768@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <01bd8ffc$0bac1740$f820aace@eliot.pacbell.net>; from Jack Velte on Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 02:02:12PM -0700 References: <01bd8ffc$0bac1740$f820aace@eliot.pacbell.net>
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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. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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