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    Whoever made that chart was inaccurate about Minix. It wasn't open source, at least by the OSI definition. Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 15:51
  • @Faheem Mitha: excellent observation, it is actually a crucial point in the whole software history! Mimix was not free when Torvalds started Linux (actually I think Torvards has said that if Mimix-or-some-was-it-bsd-distro (time when corps noticed the competitive edge with software, closed blob coming) had been free, he would not have developed Linux. Anyway good point, the picture should be corrected. Wikipedia about Mimxi 'starting with version 3, MINIX was free and redesigned for “serious” use.'. +1 Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 16:09
  • @hhh: Right, AT freed Minix later on. I don't see the words you quote on the Minix Wikipedia page though. It just says it was freed April 2000, but doesn't say what version. Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 16:52
  • @Faheem Mitha: sorry for not pasting url (space lim) but here it is[1]. I notified in the body to these comments, thank you. It does not however make it clear which year the license of Mimix was changed. I had a faint memory that it was earlier but have to dig for some source code to verify it. [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#MINIX Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 16:58
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    @hhh: Yes, I see those words in the Linux page. Funny, the Minix page only has the freeing date, and the Linux page only has the first freed version! I'm not sure what you mean by "notified in the body to these comments", though. Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 17:28