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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:6671 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1432 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!virtech!dwex From: dwex@aib.com (David E. Wexelblat) Subject: Re: [ANSWER] What is *BSD? Message-ID: <CG9ECJ.I7u@aib.com> Organization: AIB Software, Inc. References: <jmonroyCG7wED.77x@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 04:41:07 GMT Lines: 56 In article <jmonroyCG7wED.77x@netcom.com> jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes: > > A very recent question > ====================== With yet another wrong answer... > >>> What is >>> freebsd, 386bsd, bsd386, netbsd, bsd4.4 ... >>> >>> Is there a short description of each someplace? >>> > > The 0.1 release is the basis for NETbsd, Freebsd, MACBSD > PK (The Unofficial Patchkit), Xfree86 and numerous other packages. > Many pieces of PD software were ported via the "0.1 + PK". XFree86 and BSD-du-jour have basically nothing to do with each other. XFree86 was, in fact, started on commercial SVR3/4 OSs. About the time we were planning the release, 386BSD and Linux were starting to become popular, with some early ports of X11R5. The people working on those ports were invited to join what became XFree86. Please also try to learn the concept of "Public Domain". There is almost nothing PD actualyy distributed these days. What IS distributed is Freely Redistributable Copyrighted Software (i.e. FreeWare) of one flavor or another. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information please read the FAQ by Dave Burgess for > 386bsd and related. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Good advice; I suggest you take it. > >___________________________________________________________________________ >Jesus Monroy Jr jmonroy@netcom.com >Zebra Research >/386BSD/device-drivers /fd /qic /clock /documentation >___________________________________________________________________________ > -- David Wexelblat <dwex@aib.com> (703) 430-9247 Fax: (703) 450-4560 AIB Software, Inc., 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160, Dulles, VA 20166 Formerly Virtual Technologies, Inc. Mail regarding XFree86 should be sent to <xfree86@physics.su.oz.au> "Ooh, are you feelin' satisfied? Come on, let us give your mind a ride." -- Boston, "Feelin' Satisfied"