Who Owns Linux Trademark?
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Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.

Who is Linux owned by?

Linux

Tux the penguin, mascot of Linux
Developer Community Linus Torvalds
Platforms Alpha, ARC, ARM, C6x, AMD64, H8/300, Hexagon, Itanium, m68k, Microblaze, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, RISC-V, s390, SuperH, SPARC, Unicore32, x86, XBurst, Xtensa
Kernel type Monolithic
Userland GNU

Is Linux copyrighted?

Linux is covered by what is known as the GNU General Public License, or GPL. Public domain software is software that is not copyrighted and is literally owned by the public. … Software covered by the GPL, on the other hand, is copyrighted to the author or authors.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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