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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!zombie.ncsc.mil!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!qualcomm.com!miles!ianm From: ianm@qualcomm.com (Ian McCloghrie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BSDI/FreeBSD Date: 26 Sep 1994 18:02:25 -0700 Organization: QUALCOMM, Incorporated; San Diego, CA, USA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <ianm.780627543@miles> References: <5f4_9409260326@ima.infomail.com> <366s4l$jqa@bosnia.pop.psu.edu> <Cwr5yM.2A4@filetek.com> <CwrAzs.BGH@kithrup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: miles.qualcomm.com sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >is also based on the Net/2 distribution, and is not free. In addition, due >to part of their settlement with USL, as well as NDA's signed with other >companies, not all of the sources are included with their product. (But you A slight addition: Another part of the settlement with USL specifies that their next release be based on BSD 4.4Lite. This will remove all USL proprietary code from the kernel, so there won't be any object-only files from this issue. I'm not sure what the release date is for that, but I think it's in the next couple of months (if anyone knows better, please correct me). I expect this won't have any effect upon the various parts of the kernel covered by NDAs with other companies. (but those are usually just device drivers, anyway) -- Ian McCloghrie work: ianm@qualcomm.com home: ian@egbt.org ____ GCS d-- H s+:+ !g p? au a- w+ v- C++$ UL++++ US++$ P+>++ \bi/ L+++ 3 E+ N++ K--- W--- M-- V-- -po+ Y+ t+ 5+++ jx R G''' \/ tv- b+++ D- B-- e- u* h- f+ r n- y* The above represents my personal opinions and not necessarily those of my employer, Qualcomm Inc.