Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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.

Linux, as a *kernel*, of course has a license. It's the GPLv2.

A GNU/Linux operating system distribution, to use Stallman-compliant
terminology nitpicking, is a package of a lot of software that may each
have its own licensing.

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