[PLUG] Linux = Unix?

Scott VanHoosen octopus024 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 14 17:25:48 UTC 2002


Does that mean that only AT&T's *nix is Unix? Are the various flavors
of BSD, HP-UX and Solaris not Unix then?

-Scott

--- Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Scott VanHoosen wrote:
> 
> > I've heard Linux called Unix, and I've heard it called a
> > Linux-clone. Is Linux truly Unix? If not, how do you define Unix?
> 
> Linux is not UNIX.
> 
> "UNIX" refers to the operating system originally developed by the
> AT&T 
> Bell Labs and its partners. The UNIX code is copyrighted and is in no
> 
> way Free. The UNIX trademark is currently managed by The Open Group:
> 
>   http://www.unix-systems.org/
> 
> Linux is a UNIX workalike. It emulates the UNIX system calls, libc
> base, the "everything's a file" philosophy, POSIX specs, and many
> other traits -- but there is no UNIX code in Linux, nor has The Open
> Group certified Linux under any of its UNIX standards.
> 
> --Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>
> 
> 
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