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title: BSD - Berkeley Software Distribution
tags:
  - glossary
  - linux
date: 2024-07-28
lastmod: 2024-07-28
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[Berkeley Software Distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution).
1. A now-defunct free operating system regarded as the predecessor to modern Linux.
2. A free software license. In modern use, most commonly refers to the BSD 2-Clause License, aka the FreeBSD license.