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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14615 comp.os.386bsd.development:2401 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2408 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1351 comp.os.386bsd.questions:12492 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3284 comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:12349 comp.os.linux.development:13609 comp.os.minix:24065 comp.os.mach:4097 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6896 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!hermes.oc.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!a2i!dandelion.com!not-for-mail From: Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload. In-Reply-To: sef@kithrup.com's message of Fri, 19 Aug 1994 04:17:31 GMT Message-ID: <332qfb$3q@kelewan.dandelion.com> Sender: Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: dandelion.com Organization: Dandelion Digital References: <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com> <CurL98.BzM@kithrup.com> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 17:34:35 GMT Lines: 28 In article <CurL98.BzM@kithrup.com> sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: Really? As I heard it, they got defensive first, and didn't say that the actual code would be redistributable until after some rambling. My impression was that their initial defensiveness was caused by it not being clear whether the source code or the entire CD-ROM were what was being asked about. >Third: Encumbrance......... > >Always was AT&T code free, always will be. Really? 386BSD had cpio, didn't it, which was explicitly stated to be AT&T code. I may be wrong, but my recollection is that they said they didn't have any problems with USL, and had been communicating with USL as necessary. I don't recall their ever saying anything about AT&T code directly. My take on the CD-ROM is that if your goal is to see a modern operating system with detailed commentary on how it works and why it was implemented that way, then it's quite probably a good deal. If all you're looking for is an operating system to run, however, I'd carefully check out the other free alternatives. I wonder how many Linux users will be mounting the 386BSD CD-ROM to learn about how BSD works? Leonard