On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:41:23 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> I wasn't aware which exact licence Linux uses. 

Technically, it doesn't, though many distributions provide an EULA of 
sorts.  Each component can have its own copyright and license terms.

> (Although arguably the
> fact that they want people to call it "GNU/Linux" should have been a
> giveaway...)

Not really, GNU doesn't necessarily imply GPL (though it's certainly most 
likely).  Could be LGPL as well.  But also most include Firefox or 
Mozilla, which are MPL.

Jim

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