[TUHS] Is there a good, even definitive, list of reimplementations of the Unix kernel? What would good cut-off criteria be?

[G. Branden Robinson via TUHS]

At 2026-04-24T20:01:58+1000, Steve Jenkin via TUHS wrote:
> It appears Bill Jolitz claimed he rewrote 386BSD 'from scratch' after
> deleting all UCB/BSD code and the final 386BSD was unencumbered, ie
> not from USL or UCB/BSDI.  Perhaps he wrote it in a year, unclear.
> 
> Notably, the claim 386BSD was 'not encumbered' ( a reimplementation )
> wasn't refute  in the next issue by BSDi, who claimed ownership of the
> 1st version of 386BSD by Jolitz, leading to his departure.
> 
> Jolitz details what code he wrote, for whom and when, creating two
> software artefacts designed by him & named '386BSD'.

Interesting!  That reminds me a little of the story about Keith Bostic
achieving more code replacement than someone (McKuskick?) had initially
thought possible.

Who were the principal staff of BSDI at this time?

Regards,
Branden
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