moeller@uniol.UUCP (Klaus Moeller) (08/16/90)
Hi It was said somewhere( I don't know where) that the MACH Kernel contains no AT&T code anymore. Is this right or has somebody made a joke or is this planned for the future? As far as I know, MACH still contains BSD code and BSD contains AT&T code. Has the AT&T code been removed from MACH or is it still in the system via the BSD code ? Thanks Klaus -- / Klaus Moeller, Leiteweg 2, 2940 Wilhelmshaven, West - Germany \ < moeller@uniol.uucp 078326@DOLUNI1.BITNET > \ Fill what's empty, empty what's full and scratch where it itches /
shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) (08/17/90)
In article <3229@uniol.UUCP> moeller@uniol.UUCP (Klaus Moeller) writes: >It was said somewhere( I don't know where) that the MACH Kernel >contains no AT&T code anymore. This is a *very* common misconception. The current Mach kernel contains significant amounts of BSD code and requires an AT&T license. The 3.0 Mach kernel will be free of AT&T code, but how useful it will be to the average user without an environment, filesystem, device drivers, etc. (all would require licenses) is left as an exercise for the reader. -- Melinda Shore shore@mtxinu.com mt Xinu ..!uunet!mtxinu.com!shore
src@scuzzy.mbx.sub.org (Heiko Blume) (08/26/90)
shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) writes: >In article <3229@uniol.UUCP> moeller@uniol.UUCP (Klaus Moeller) writes: >>It was said somewhere( I don't know where) that the MACH Kernel >>contains no AT&T code anymore. >This is a *very* common misconception. The current Mach kernel >contains significant amounts of BSD code and requires an AT&T >license. The 3.0 Mach kernel will be free of AT&T code, but how >useful it will be to the average user without an environment, >filesystem, device drivers, etc. (all would require licenses) is >left as an exercise for the reader. as far as i know the Free Software Foundation will take the 3.0 Mach kernel and add sprite's (distributed) file system etc to make up a working system. i also *read* that the 3.0 Mach kernel is in alpha test (again: no warranty on this statement). hopefully thw Mach people will post a manual about how to write device drivers for Mach, so other people may contribute drivers!! i'm really looking forward to a GNU OS!! -- Heiko Blume c/o Diakite blume@scuzzy.mbx.sub.org FAX (+49 30) 882 50 65 Kottbusser Damm 28 blume@netmbx.UUCP VOICE (+49 30) 691 88 93 D-1000 Berlin 61 blume@netmbx.de TELEX 184174 intro d scuzzy Any ACU,e 19200 6919520 ogin:--ogin: nuucp ssword: nuucp