BSD

Proper noun

Meaning

(computing) A Unix-like operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley.

(copyright law) Ellipsis of BSD license.

Examples

Around the same time, the NetBSD project was founded by a different group of 386BSD users, with the aim of unifying 386BSD with other strands of BSD development into one multi-platform system. Source: Internet

BSD and its descendants main The first server for the World Wide Web ran on NeXTSTEP, based on BSD. Source: Internet

Effective with Ruby 1.9.3, released October 31, 2011, citation Ruby switched from being dual-licensed under the Ruby License and the GPL to being dual-licensed under the Ruby License and the two-clause BSD license. Source: Internet

A version of the game can still be found as part of the bsdgames package on modern BSD and Linux operating systems, where it is known as "wump." Source: Internet

Both the BSD and the MIT licenses were drafted before the patentability of software was generally recognized under US law. Source: Internet

But at UC Berkeley, Keith Bostic wanted a "bug for bug compatible" replacement for Joy's vi for BSD 4.4 Lite. Source: Internet

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