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> BSD lost for not being popular People used to say that BSD lost because of the ambiguous copyright status of the early 90s, allowing Linux to glide in unoppo
by asveikau 7y ago
> BSD lost for not being popular
People used to say that BSD lost because of the ambiguous copyright status of the early 90s, allowing Linux to glide in unopposed as the "free unix-like os for PCs".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_Laboratories,_Inc._v._Berkeley_Software_Design,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_Laboratories,_Inc.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution...
- mycall 7y agoWhile others say the GPL license is what created an ecosystem, whereby the BSD-3 won't create an ecosystem of same quality.
- asveikau 7y agoIt'd also be fair to say *BSD development is more centralized ("cathedral-like" to borrow from ESRs 1990s work) and that may have some repercussions in development speed.