14 Oct 96 05:10, Rowan_Crowe wrote to andrew clarke:

 ac>> How does it differ from the various distributions of Linux floating
 ac>> around?

 > "Various" is the keyword here. FreeBSD has only one distribution. 

I was thinking that because there was more than one Linux distribution it
was actually beneficial to Linux itself.  I'm sure each "method of
distribution" has its advantages and disadvantages though.

 > Consistency. :)

There are only a few mainstream distributions of Linux (Slackware, Debian
and Red Hat are the only ones I can recall...) - all of which use the same
kernel.

You mention below that FreeBSD is public domain.  If that is the case then
I'm very suprised there is only one distribution!

 ac>> and a GNU General Public Licence?

 > I don't think it's licenced under GNU, but it's public domain.

If FreeBSD has been released into the public domain then you can't whack a
GNU GPL over the top of it; ie. the GNU GPL implies a copyright (and you
can't copyright software [or anything for that matter] in the public
domain).

grepping through the installation notes for FreeBSD, I can't find any
reference to "GNU", "public domain",
"copyright" or "licence".  Maybe I'll just have to look
a bit deeper.  :-)

Regards
Andrew

-- randy{at}zws.com

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