Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:03:37 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PnP support Message-ID: <199709120703.AAA29321@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997 00:03:01 -0600 (MDT) Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> wrote: > The NetBSD folks don't allow access to their repository. Last I heard, > it was both politically and legally a problem to do that, given that > they're tree is (was?) still based on the old 4.4BSD Lite code, which is > arguably 'tainted'. They've since converted their releases to use > Lite2, but by making their CVS tree public it could cause problems. Uhh... 4.4BSD-Lite is perfectly safe in the context you're describing. As I said in a previous mail on the subject, there are a number of reasons why it's not publicly available, none of which are really appropriate for discussion on this list. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: +1 415 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 415 428 6939
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