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> I sometimes wonder where we'd be if the BSD lawsuit hadn't held things back 20-ish years ago. BSD would be at the same place as today! People love to bring u
by zokula 10y ago
> I sometimes wonder where we'd be if the BSD lawsuit hadn't held things back 20-ish years ago.
BSD would be at the same place as today! People love to bring up the AT&T UNIX lawsuit like it did damage to BSDs popularity but never bring up the SCO Linux lawsuit which saw Linux grow and become more popular in spite of having a multi year lawsuit against it.
BSD is where it is in part because of the BSD license, and Linux is where its at because of the GPL.