Quote:
Originally Posted by jggimi
Today's BSDs may have started their lives way-back-when as Unix, but today they are known as "Unix-like systems," just like Linux is...
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The reason for using the
"Unix-like" moniker is because the name
"UNIX" has been trademarked by the Open Group:
http://www.unix.org/trademark.html
...which means that a
lot of money has to exchange hands in order to legally be called Unix today.