Episode 675

Going GPL Free

August 6th, 2026

39 mins 28 secs

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About this Episode

FreeBSD 16 goes GPL Free, The computer at the bottom of the lake, FreeBSD's new Board member, Phaethon, a new 68010 based Unix machine and more...

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Headlines

The Computer at the bottom of a canal

FreeBSD 16 goes GPL Free

News Roundup

FreeBSD Foundation Welcomes New Board Member: Dave Cottlehuber

Phaethon 1 - a 68010-based Unix machine

Add a new m68k port oriented towards home-brew m68k machines

Bringing Swift to the Apple II

Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD

Tarsnap

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Feedback/Questions

Producer note : Ive been insanely busy this past week and I've fallen behind on a few things, including checking the show email. If you sent an email in and we havent covered it yet, we'll get caught back up soon. If yuo haven't sent in an email... shame on you. You should email us and ask us something.