Berkeley Software Distribution

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Berkeley Software Distribution

computer operating system

Also known as: BSD, Berkeley Standard Distribution

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Bill Joy
…responded in 1977 by creating Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which distributed Berkeley UNIX’s source code for free, allowing other programmers to learn and improve on the software. It was a pioneering moment in what is now called the open-source movement.
…responded in 1977 by creating Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), which distributed Berkeley UNIX’s source code for free, allowing other programmers to learn and improve on the software. It was a pioneering moment in what is now called the open-source movement.

open source
Hacker culture
…various licenses based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), developed in the 1970s at the University of California at Berkeley.
…various licenses based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), developed in the 1970s at the University of California at Berkeley.