Is Linux a Free Software?
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Is Linux really free?

Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free and open-source software collaboration. The source code may be used, modified and distributed commercially or non-commercially by anyone under the terms of its respective licenses, such as the GNU General Public License.

Why is Linux not free?

Stallman wrote the GNU Public License, which prevents using free software code to create proprietary code. This is part of the reason why so much Linux software, including the kernel itself, remains free decades later. Another name to remember: John Sullivan, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation.

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