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From: chrisb@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Pointers to information about 4.4BSD (Lite)?
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd
Date: 27 Feb 95 13:54:08
Organization: Telecom Australia
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Message-ID: <CHRISB.95Feb27135408@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au>
References: <VIDAR.95Feb24100419@tiros.sce.carleton.ca>
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In-reply-to: vidar@tiros.sce.carleton.ca's message of Fri, 24 Feb 1995 15:04:19 GMT

In article <VIDAR.95Feb24100419@tiros.sce.carleton.ca> vidar@tiros.sce.carleton.ca (vidar vetland) writes:

>Hi,
>
>Could somebody give me a pointer to information about 4.4BSD and
>4.4BSD-Lite? By the way, what does "Lite" imply?

"Lite" implies that certain USL copyrighted files have been removed to
pacify USL. If you use Net or Free BSD it doesn't matter because the
offending files have been re-written.

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Chris Bitmead
chrisb@ind.tansu.com.au