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Caldera releases original unices under BSD license
q[alex] writes "Caldera International has done a very good thing. They have released the "Ancient" Unices they inherited when they purchased SCO under a "BSD-style" license. The license is available here, instructions on finding the source are here. Caldera (and before that SCO) had required people to obtain a free (as in beer) but somewhat restrictive license in order to get these old sources. The new BSD-style licensing only applies to the 16-bit PDI-11 versions and some of the early 32-bit releases (excluding System III and System V), but it's still very cool."
is as fuckin useless as todays 'modern' Lunix.
Nothing changes eh?
No wonder windows will rule forever.
Someone has an opinion that is not "Linux is my favorite" and they get modded down. Probably those "unlimited mod points" from some editor with serious penis envy.
I'm a stupid troll, look at me YEE HAW TROLLING SLASHDOT IS FUN! If you mod this down I will come find you and hurt you, fucking mods
Slashdot editors actually answering questions from the public!
see?
This is a great opportunity to look at the source to an OS that many people feel is bad. This could definitely show some of the reasons why BSD has problems so that others do not include these mistakes into their own attempts. Besides, as someone who still has to use BSD on at least one of my servers this may actually lead to some improvement in the OS I have to deal with. News like this gives me hope that maybe the rest of the BSD line will be opened which would make my life much easier.
Is that because the Win 3.1 GUI (circa 1992) is still better than that piece of shit you call X-Windows?
NEVER would I run an OS written by a "community" of 14-year-old-lifeless-with-nothing-better-to-do idiots who call themselves "programmers" and yet have no sense of logic. That applies to smelly GNU hippies too.
I spent my good time yesterday fixing a neighbor's computer cause that piece of shit LILO can't even write out a config file with consistent variable names!!! If you think text files are better than automated GUI configuration, you're a fucking idiot; there's no getting through to you.
Breaking News -- Terrorists have attacked the United States.
Once again, middle-eastern terrorists from Osama bin Ladens' Al Qaeda terrorist network have attacked The United States of America. The attack of September 11, 2001 pales in comparison to this highly coordinated, massive attack.
The White House, the Capitol Building, and the United Nations building are smoldering in ruins after being attacked by truck bombs and hijacked commercial airliners. Thousands of government officials are presumed dead while rescue efforts are being hindered by intense heat and smoke.
There are reports of further attacks in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Miami.
* Unconfirmed: Rumors are surfacing that the heart of Los Angeles was attacked using multiple 10-ton ammonium nitrate truck bombs detonated in multiple locations.
* Confirmed: Large portion of downtown Chicago sprayed with anthrax via multiple cropduster aircraft. Sadly, the terrorists operating the cropdusters were able to disseminate almost their entire arsenals of anthrax before being shot down by US military F-16's. In this first ever wide-spread biological attack, millions of innocent men, women and children were exterminated like insects.
* Confirmed: Nuclear explosion in New York City. A rental truck carrying an unidentified type of nuclear weapon was detonated in New York City early this morning. Details are sketchy, but US Government officials are saying the blast was somewhere in the magnitude of 15 megatons.
President Bush and Vice President Cheney are believed dead in the White House destruction.
Nuclear strikes have been launched by the United States military against Phillipines, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Somolia. All of these countries have been hit by at least five Titan II ICBM's and one 100-kiloton thermonuclear warhead; millions are believed to be dead.
Martial law has been declared across the entire US in an attempt to try and control the wide-scale looting in major US cities. High ranking military commanders have assumed control of the military retaliation, as the President and Vice President are presumed dead.
Government officials who weren't killed in the attacks are now attempting to keep control the chaotic country from the bunkers under the White House. The US Government is broadcasting nationwide television and radio announcements to inform the public of the status of the country.
I suggest you all stop what you are doing and spend some time with your families, because quite frankly, World War 3 is upon us.
More details to come.