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Who owns linux ?
Stryker:
quote:Originally posted by Darth Jimmy James:
if by GNU, you mean all the UNIX crap... >yawn<
the Linux kernel is so better than that. why can't you guys ditch the tired old crap and move on?
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what are you talking about?
slave:
Who owns Linux?
Why SCO, of course!
Stryker:
quote:Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
Who owns Linux?
Why SCO, of course!
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they can't prove it though
JesusRocks:
Linux is a Trademark of Linus Torvalds
which means he could sue SCO for Slander.
JesusRocks:
Linux isnt really owned by anyone, however the fork that everybody is using is controlled by Linus, however if he was to be paid by Bill Gates to close all the code any person could get his most recent GPLed fork and keep developing it.
So nobody really owns Linux, Linus owns the name with Trademark laws, but nothing in the GPL says you cant change the name.
I suggest you goto www.gnu.org and read these
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html
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