Yes, you are right. The Berkeley Software Distribution is a free Unix operating system and associated software distribution, much like Linux. It uses a different, more permissive license. And the kernel is separate to Linux.
The two distributions share a lot of software these days, but the kernel is the defining difference. The Wikipedia page has the nitty gritty.
Yes, you are right. The Berkeley Software Distribution is a free Unix operating system and associated software distribution, much like Linux. It uses a different, more permissive license. And the kernel is separate to Linux.
The two distributions share a lot of software these days, but the kernel is the defining difference. The Wikipedia page has the nitty gritty.