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Date:      Mon, 1 Apr 2013 21:32:53 +0700
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        Joe <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        Michael Ross <gmx@ross.cx>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: use of the kernel and licensing
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In-Reply-To: <51599907.3010802@a1poweruser.com>
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Hi,

On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:26:15 -0400
Joe <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> snip....
> 
> How do you explain all the forks of UNIX each claiming their own 
> copyright. They all provide the same concept, use the same names for 
> their commands, use the same programming language, have a filesystem
> as their base. Just where is the line drawn between a fork and a
> rewrite? 

just go back in history and find out why the AT&T code in BSD was
rewritten.

Erich




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