> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Tue Dec 13 09:18:00 2011 > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:41 -0500 > From: LinuxIsOne <reall...@hmamail.com> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: freebsd is really bsd? > > hi, > > Is freebsd simply bsd name, means it is free so they appended the word > 'free' is it like this? > Any of the '*BSD' named operating systems trace their ancestery to various software released by the C.S.R.G. at the University of California at Berkeley, under the name of a 'Berkeley Software Distributin', or "BSD" for short. None of the ancestor software used in this way was a complete, runnable and working working Operating System. Any 'runnable' O/S distributed by UCB/CSRG under the 'BSD' name also required a license from AT&T.
FreeBSD _is_ free from any licensing 'encumberments' that would prevent one from using it 'as they see fit', subject *only* to retaining certain accreditations aind copyright notices in the source code, and in any docucmentationt that accompines a 'binary'/'executable'. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
