FreeBSD's embedded agenda

Peter Jeremy peterjeremy at optushome.com.au
Fri May 26 00:22:02 PDT 2006


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.

-- 
Peter Jeremy


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