Re: Debian/GNU Freebsd
On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 10:06:45PM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > Are there legal issues in the Freebsd license that blocks people to build
> > distributions based on its kernel? If not, are there some Debian developers
> > interested in developing a Debian/GNU Freebsd distribution?
>
> I don't see any legal issue here at all.
> I only don't understand why would it be called GNU :)
Your dislike is showing Alex :-)
They still use gcc, GNU emacs, and probably a bunch of the fileutils,
sharutils, tar, etc. GNU would still be appropriate IMHO.
Our kernel isn't GNU either, which is why we mention it (Linux).
No problem with Debian GNU/FreeBSD then (name-wise at least).
Hamish
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