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<H2><A NAME="s7">7. Legal Status of Linux</A></H2>
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<P> Although Linux is supplied with the complete source code,
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it is copyrighted software, not public domain. However, it is
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available for free under the GNU General Public License, sometimes
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referred to as the ``copyleft''. See the GPL for more
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information. The programs that run under Linux each have their
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own copyright, although many of them use the GPL as well. X
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uses the MIT X copyright, and some utilities are under the BSD
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copyright. In any case, all of the software on the FTP site is
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freely distributable (or else it shouldn't be there).
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