Operating Systems 2019W Lecture 12: Difference between revisions
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux History of Linux] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux History of Linux] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git Git] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license Open-source license] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_license Open-source license] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:55, 27 February 2019
Video
The video for the lecture given on February 27, 2019 is now available.
Readings
These Wikipedia readings are all optional; however, they will give you more background on the topics covered in lecture. Be sure to follow the references for the parts you find interesting!
- History of Unix
- Unix wars
- USL v. BSDi
- GNU General Public License
- Richard Stallman
- Copyleft
- History of Linux
- Git
- Open-source license
And when you want to browse the Linux kernel source code:
In-Class Notes
Lecture 12 ---------- Licenses In the beginning * BSD license (3 clause) Then there was * SunOS/Solaris * HP/UX * AIX * IRIX ... And then came Richard Stallman * founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) * came up with the idea of "copyleft" * created the GNU General Public License (GPL) But their kernel wasn't ready in the early 1990's BSD had a kernel...but it was trapped in litigation Linux stepped in to that gap Hacking the kernel ------------------ Look at an online Linux cross reference to look around But...develop a module if you can