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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: 386BSD Release: Contributors Only Please...
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In article <1tggls$oqi@agate.berkeley.edu> wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) writes:
>This list is software (code) people only -- people who spent time
>doing things like the FAQ (Terry, for example) appear elsewhere
>in the LIST (some people appear many places).

I thought I fit into the "code" category too, for at least the memory size
patches if not contribution to other peoples code (usually in the form of
arguing them out of some course of action or another).

Also: Dave Burgess is currently doing the FAQ thing.

>>All the NetBSD, and 0.1.5 folk, 
>
>Not 386BSD people, unless their code appears in 386BSD as well.

This kind of suprised me, at least with regard to "0.1.5 folk", which I
think I number among.  The 0.1.5 group is basically a lot of the patchkit
people, and I consider the patchkit a contribution.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
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