The web site PORTING UNIX TO THE 386: A PRACTICAL APPROACH tells the story about the start of the open source movement, 15 years ago. Written by William and Lynne Jolitz, the creators of 386BSD. The articles here started it all.
And the rest is history, as they say.
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http://moromc.dyndns.org/article.php?story=20060323121123389