From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 13 10: 3:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from morpheus.skynet.be (morpheus.skynet.be [195.238.2.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C45A37BB85 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:03:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.24.123] (dialup1320.brussels.skynet.be [194.78.233.40]) by morpheus.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BF5CCEE; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:02:59 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> References: <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312122651.00b1e880@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312144558.04190e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:02:35 +0100 To: Brett Glass , Doug Barton From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Cc: Paul Richards , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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, || 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