Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:02:35 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Message-ID: <v04220804b4f2dd15c64c@[195.238.24.123]> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> References: <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.20.0003112034290.431-100000@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in> <4.2.2.20000312122651.00b1e880@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312144558.04190e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost>
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At 10:43 AM -0700 2000/3/13, Brett Glass wrote: > Not so. There's a big difference. The OSes labeled "BSD" do not >share a common > kernel. The ones labeled "Linux" do. The ones labeled "FreeBSD" would. But FreeBSD is not just a kernel (like Linux is). It's a kernel plus all the userland stuff and a whole lot more. Therefore, you can't have another "distribution" of FreeBSD, unless it includes all the exact same stuff that FreeBSD does. If you want to take FreeBSD and make your own modifications, you're welcome to do so and call it "WhateverYouWantBSD", but you can't call it FreeBSD -- because the FreeBSD core team and the FreeBSD Foundation would have no control over your product, you can't use their copyrighted name. It's that simple. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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