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'''MicroBSD''' is a fork of the [[UNIX-like]] and [[BSD]] [[operating system]] descendant [[OpenBSD]] 3.0, which startedbegun in July 2002.⏎
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==The new MicroBSD project==

The new MicroBSD project tries to continue, what the old MicroBSD project (see beyond) started. They cleaned up the source code and released version 0.6 again in October [[2003]] with all wrong copyright statements corrected. The 0.7 beta version is deviated from [[OpenBSD]] 3.4.

MicroBSD  The project's objective to produce a fully secure, complete system, but with a small footprint.  The first phase of its currently developed by individuals from [[Bulgaria]]. This new distribution will have a focus on security, user interface and easy setup and also add specific Bulgarian [[localization]]. 

The new MicroBSD project has its website at http://www.microbsd.net/

==The old MicroBSD project==

Apparently, the old (initial) MicroBSD project paid not enough attention to adapting all the [[OpenBSD]] code appropriately for a [[fork (software)|fork]], especially regarding copyright statements and developer names. For example, the welcome email, which was send to the installer after a successful installation, claimed to come from "[[Theo de Raadt]], founder of the MicroBSD project", although Theo de Raadt is the founder of the OpenBSD project, which suggests that a simple search and replace was made. Probably the same search and replace made them claim, that the MicroBSD project members are the developers of [[OpenSSH]], which is developed by the OpenBSD project...

The mentioned [[email]] template seems to have been the last straw that breaks the camel's back and the old MicroBSD project does not exist anymore (it was located at microbsd.com), but code from it has been incorporated into the [[MirBSD]] project.

The last release of the old MicroBSD project was version 0.6 in October [[2002]]. See the [[UNIX]] history [http://www.levenez.com/unix/ here] for a graph of the development of this project.⏎
development was aborted, but it has been resumed by a new group of developers.

==The first MicroBSD project==

The original development of MicroBSD produced conflicts with the developers of OpenBSD, especially regarding copyright statements and attribution, and how the [[fork (software)|fork]] was handled.  For example, an e-mail message sent to the installer after a successful installation, claimed to come from "[[Theo de Raadt]], founder of the MicroBSD project", although Theo de Raadt is the founder of the OpenBSD project; evidently a simple search and replace was made, leading to such false attributions.  Similarly the documentation claimed that the MicroBSD project members were the developers of [[OpenSSH]], also developed by the OpenBSD project.  These were violations of the [[BSD License]] under which OpenBSD is released.

The old MicroBSD project (hosted at microbsd.com) does not exist anymore, but code from it has been incorporated into the [[MirBSD]] project.  The last release of the old MicroBSD project was version 0.6 in October [[2002]].

==The renewed MicroBSD project==

The new MicroBSD project tries to continue what the original MicroBSD project began. A new edition of version 0.6 - with cleaned up source code and corrected copyright statements - was released in October [[2003]]. The 0.7 beta version is derived from OpenBSD 3.4.

MicroBSD is currently developed by individuals from [[Bulgaria]]. This new distribution will have a focus on security, user interface and easy setup and also add specific Bulgarian [[localization]]. 

The new MicroBSD project has its website at http://www.microbsd.net/
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