From what I remember of what I read of the history of linux - it was the fact that BSD code was tied up in some kind of court case when linux was first introduc

From what I remember of what I read of the history of linux - it was the fact that BSD code was tied up in some kind of court case when linux was first introduced that allowed it to get a leg-up on the BSDs; because no one would risk basing anything on an OS that may not be available in the future.