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From: joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: [ANSWER] What is *BSD?
Date: 10 Nov 93 01:56:33 GMT
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In-reply-to: jfw@ksr.com's message of 9 Nov 93 12:51:47 EST


In article <34941@ksr.com> jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:

>   BSD 4.4 (or 4.4 BSD)
>	   The latest, and possibly last, release of UNIX from UCB.  The CSRG
>	   is being disbanded, as the money for OS research is drying up.

>	   Depending on the outcome of the USL vs. UCB suit, there may be a
>	   "4.4 BSD Lite" release which will be 4.4 BSD without AT&T code;
>	   this assumes that any members of the now-disbanded CSRG group feel
>	   like going to the effort then.  Until then, you need an AT&T
>	   source license to get 4.4BSD, just as you did to get 4.3BSD.

I am given to understand that 4.4lite is to be a binary dist of 4.4 bsd.
I suppose it is possible I am mistaken about this. anyone know?

josh