BSD Best Software Distribution Brightest Sunshiny Day
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Alex Libman <[email protected]> wrote: > My Fellow BSD Users & Advocates: > > In light of the recent violent faculty-supported anti-free-speech riots at > UC Berkeley, the archaic namesake of BSD Unix, I would like to once again > revisit the question that I've posed in a less serious tone six years ago: > > WHAT *SHOULD* THE B IN BSD STAND FOR? > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-advocacy&m=129750891811408&w=2 > > The history of the BSD Unix ecosystem, stretching from the late 1960s to > the present day, involves contributions from many different universities, > companies, non-profit organizations, and individuals from all over the > world. Why should just one (particularly controversial and divisive) > university get perpetual free advertising for all eternity at the expense > of every other individual and institution? > > I propose that the name BSD should be thought of as a recursive acronym > (like GNU) for "BSD Software Distribution". The B in BSD could also stand > for Beastie, Bell Labs (to which it has a more forthright connection than > Linux), etc, etc, etc... > > This need not be a formal decision by any BSD variant's foundation, BDFL, > etc - just a preference of some members of the BSD community. > > Long live the BSD Software Distribution! > > Peace out. > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected] > "
