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authorDanilo G. Baio <dbaio@FreeBSD.org>2021-06-07 23:04:38 +0000
committerDanilo G. Baio <dbaio@FreeBSD.org>2021-06-08 10:27:12 +0000
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@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ The overall operating system comprises:
* The BSD kernel, which handles process scheduling, memory management, symmetric multi-processing (SMP), device drivers, etc.
* The C library, the base API for the system.
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__The BSD C library is based on code from Berkeley, not the GNU project.__
* Utilities such as shells, file utilities, compilers and linkers.
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__Some of the utilities are derived from the GNU project, others are not.__
* The X Window system, which handles graphical display.
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The X Window system used in most versions of BSD is maintained by the http://www.X.org/[X.Org project].
FreeBSD allows the user to choose from a variety of desktop environments, such as Gnome, KDE, or Xfce; and lightweight window managers like Openbox, Fluxbox, or Awesome.
* Many other programs and utilities.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ For a number of reasons, BSD is relatively unknown:
. The BSD developers are often more interested in polishing their code than marketing it.
. Much of Linux's popularity is due to factors external to the Linux projects, such as the press, and to companies formed to provide Linux services. Until recently, the open source BSDs had no such proponents.
. In 1992, AT&T sued http://www.bsdi.com/[BSDI], the vendor of BSD/386, alleging that the product contained AT&T-copyrighted code. The case was settled out of court in 1994, but the spectre of the litigation continues to haunt people. In March 2000 an article published on the web claimed that the court case had been "recently settled".
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One detail that the lawsuit did clarify is the naming: in the 1980s, BSD was known as "BSD UNIX(R)".
With the elimination of the last vestige of AT&T code from BSD, it also lost the right to the name UNIX(R).
Thus you will see references in book titles to "the 4.3BSD UNIX(R) operating system" and "the 4.4BSD operating system".
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* _Contributors_ write code or documentation. They are not permitted to commit (add code) directly to the source tree. In order for their code to be included in the system, it must be reviewed and checked in by a registered developer, known as a __committer__.
* _Committers_ are developers with write access to the source tree. In order to become a committer, an individual must show ability in the area in which they are active.
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It is at the individual committer's discretion whether they should obtain authority before committing changes to the source tree.
In general, an experienced committer may make changes which are obviously correct without obtaining consensus.
For example, a documentation project committer may correct typographical or grammatical errors without review.