Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:20:05 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Ga3rd9en@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lite Message-ID: <20010904122005.A45026@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <12b.40b8fdd.28c4c6fe@aol.com>; from Ga3rd9en@aol.com on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 07:43:58AM -0400 References: <12b.40b8fdd.28c4c6fe@aol.com>
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On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 07:43:58AM -0400, Ga3rd9en@aol.com wrote: > Hello, > onthe 4 cds it says, under the large FreeBSD, a full 4.4 BSD Lite Based > 32-bit operating system - disk date november 2000 > > my question is what is meant by "Lite"? Years ago, a lawsuit was filed against distributors of 4.4 BSD because AT&T claimed it contained their copyrighted code. In the end (one and a half years later or so) a settlement was agreed between the parties that it was OK to distribute 4.4 BSD *Lite*, a version that does not contain the files in question. That's only the story in an incomplete nutshell; type 'BSD lawsuit Lite' in a search engine and you'll find a lot of references that explain it in much more detail. Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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