> I heard a rumor, ages ago, that the regents released the 4.4 code into
> the public domain.  Is this true?

As far as I know, the 4.4BSD code is not public domain.

> In either case, what's the copyright status of the NetBSD source?
> I'm considering putting together a reliable standard C library, and
> would like to do as little work as possible.  (Applications would
> include making ScumOS usable.)  I'd like to be able to release it as
> copyleft code, free for commercial or personal use.  Obviously, if I
> can get the Berkeley implementations for the majority of the code,
> I'll win big.  -s

Since the BSD licence allows you to redistribute the code so you could
create such a library.  However, if you want something copylefted, why
don't you just use glibc instead.

	--jtc