What License Does Linux Use?
Contents Q: How Is Linux Licensed? a: Linus Has Placed the Linux Kernel Under the Gnu General Public License, Which Basically Means That You May Freely Copy...
Q: How Is Linux Licensed? A: Linus has placed the Linux kernel under the GNU General Public License, which basically means that you may freely copy, change, and distribute it, but you may not impose any restrictions on further distribution, and you must make the source code available.
Does Linux need license?
By virtue of its open source licensing, Linux is freely available to anyone. However, the trademark on the name “Linux” rests with its creator, Linus Torvalds. The source code for Linux is under copyright by its many individual authors, and licensed under the GPLv2 license.
Is Linux free for commercial use?
As Linux is free it means you don’t have to worry about licensing fees, and there are a number of virtual machine software platforms that will allow you to install different Linux (or other operating systems) on your existing computer. In fact, Windows 10 now famously ships with Linux as a virtual machine environment.
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