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Plan9 is now Officially Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-isn't-that-special dept.

DrSkwid writes "The OSI have approved the revised license for the plan 9 operating system according to attendees returning from this year's Usenix Bof."

3 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The only problem w/ the Plan9 OS... by Tuzanor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ummmm, Dennis Ritchie is not dead.

  2. Re:excellent news by gregRowe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Plan9 is not UNIX. Seriously. It takes the good stuff about UNIX and abandons the bad stuff.

    Greg

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    There\'s no place like ~
  3. Re:Does this still make Richard Stallman cry? by Geekboy(Wizard) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Lies. It is BSD like, as GPL is BSD like. It is not compatable with the BSD license, and none of the features may be incorporated into OpenBSD, due to licensing problems.