The Unix Haters Handbook
Dag-Erling Smørgrav
des at des.no
Sun Jun 4 00:35:59 PDT 2006
Allen <slackwarewolf at comcast.net> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
> > Allen <slackwarewolf at comcast.net> writes:
> > > Technically FreeBSD has more right than SCO UNIX to be called UNIX
> > No. Unlike FreeBSD, SCO UnixWare is a direct descendent of the
> > original AT&T Unix.
> So is / was Free BSD. That's why AT&T sued.
It's not quite that simple. Even at the time of the lawsuit, BSD had
very little AT&T code in it, and the lawsuit was sparked primarily by
BSDI's unauthorized use of the Unix trademark. Read this:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html
BTW, FreeBSD is spelled in one word, not two.
DES
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