Re: Re: Viability of Linux companies

[Arun Sharma <arun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:02:29AM +0530, Arun wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:21:58AM -0700, Arun Sharma wrote:
> > > > BSD existed before GNU and Linux, thank you. Try again :)
> > > When did the BSD project start? RMS started the FSF in 1984 (according 
> > > to what I recall he said at last years Banglinux)
> > 
> > Early 70s.
> 
> 	When did it became a free/openSource software ?

It was open source software right from the beginning. Any university could
easily get the source code, which is what made UNIX popular. If UNIX wasn't
popular, Linus would've probably written an OS/2 clone :)

However, it's legal status became clear only in 1994. I think that was a 
land mark event. You'd probably agree that it's the least restrictive
operating system on the planet.

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	-Arun