Re: Free system that could be "real Unix".

[John Hasler]

mike3 writes:
> Would it be possible to construct a Free (note the capital "F") operating
> system that would be capable of meeting all the UNIX standards (POSIX,
> SUS, etc.) precisely enough to be able to be certified by The Open Group
> as UNIX(R)...

Any major Linux distribution could qualify, but nobody cares any more.

> ...you need certification to even call a system "Unix", not just to call
> it "UNIX(R)"...

You need the trademark owner's permission to use the mark UNIX (or unix, or
Unix, or uniX...) as a label to sell it.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA