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- From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: BSD Unix aka Freedom is a myth....
- Message-ID: <9207232352.04@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 04:52:00 GMT
- References: <23992@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Jul21.112705.6276@cs.cornell.edu> <1992Jul22.215906.10708@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
- Lines: 36
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- In article <1992Jul22.215906.10708@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul21.112705.6276@cs.cornell.edu> murthy@cs.cornell.edu (Chet Murthy) writes:
- >>Y'know, Doug Comer's XINU, Linus Torvalds' Linux, Tanenbaum's Minix,
- >>and I'm sure there are others, all stand as good arguments that the technology
- >>if UNIX isn't just an AT&T invention anymore - the V sytem, Mach,
- >>ad a zillin other ways of implementing the core of UNIX exist.
- >>
- >>I think that even if BSDI fails, even if 386BSD fails, and even
- >>if the entire Berkeley net2 distrib gets nuked,
- >>free unix is perhaps 2 years away - in 2 years, linux will be stable.
- >>In two years, the GNU Hurd will be stable. And AT&T can
- >>do almost nothing abot that, eh?
- >
- >I'm somewhat concerned about the possibility that some Linux developers
- >might be familiar with AT&T code. For legal reasons it might be best
- >to make sure that all Linux kernel code is developed by people with
- >no prior experience with AT&T code.
- >
- >>But you're right - I'm pissed, too. From what I heard of the history,
- >>BSD started with V6 unix, a developed a _whole_ _lot_
- >>of what currently constitutes UNIX. To claim that AT&T did ti all is
- >>goinga bit far.
- >
- >The unfortunite thing is that money makes right in court. Atleast Linux
- >is an international effort and may be harder for AT&T to stop.
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-
- And when you consider how Linus has been tainted by the MINIX sources, then
- consider that AST might be out hiring lawyers. :-) :-) :-)
-
- Of course, Linus could then turn around and sue AST for attempted brain
- damage. :-) :-) :-)
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- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP unixland!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
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