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- From: "I.P.Morris" <I.P.Morris@southampton.ac.uk>
- Subject: TCP/IP code + KA9Q (net)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.160915.5128@athena.mit.edu>
- Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
- Reply-To: I.P.Morris@southampton.ac.uk
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 16:09:15 GMT
- Lines: 20
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- I don't know how feasable this is but how about extracting the code from phil
- karns KA9Q package to use in linux's TCP/IP.
-
- I can't remember off hand if phils code is copyrighted / lefted. But if it were
- possible then it would leaves us with some very good code which we wouldn't
- have to write.
-
- The parts we may be able to steal would be 3com card drivers, PPP, slip etc.
-
- Unfortunately i have'nt got the hardware to rebuild the kernel (no disk space
- free) and I ain't got the time. However I just thought this might help
- somebody.
-
- If the whole of what I have said is rubbish (ie copyright problems then kindly
- DON'T fill up my mailbox)
-
- BTW Linux is an amazing piece of code. Linus could teach those chapies at
- Microsoft a thing or two about system stability after program crashes. I have
- had programs just die and all I had to do was swith to another VC and kill the
- offenidng process. Try that under windows!
-