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Date:      Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:28:44 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
To:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   "Linux is UNIX, and FreeBSD is not?"
Message-ID:  <199806041128.NAA20861@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>

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As we probably all know, neither FreeBSD nor Linux can be
legally called a "UNIX system" [*1].  However, this might
change in the future, as far as Linux is concerned:

   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980529/uniforum_a_2.html

That article essentially says that there are efforts --
supported by The Open Group -- to get Linux the "UNIX98"
brand.

>From a technical point of view, I'd say that FreeBSD is
certainly more "unixish" than Linux, given the fact that it
is derived from 4.4BSD, while Linux is basically a complete
rewrite (and besides: it is GNU, and "GNU's Not UNIX" ;-).
Needless to say, I'm worried that one day Linux can be
legally called a UNIX system, while FreeBSD (still) cannot.

Regards
   Oliver

[*1]  http://www.UNIX-systems.org/what_is_unix.html
      and in particular:
      http://www.UNIX-systems.org/what_is_unix/flavors_of_unix.html

-- 
Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18-61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany
(Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de)

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