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<B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node287.html">Preamble</A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A HREF="nag.html">The Network Administrators' Guide</A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node285.html">Sample smail Configuration Files</A>
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION0024000000">The GNU General Public License</A></H1>
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Printed below is the GNU General Public License (the <em>GPL</em> or
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<em>copyleft</em>), under which Linux is licensed. It is reproduced here to
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clear up some of the confusion about Linux's copyright status--Linux
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is <em>not</em> shareware, and it is <em>not</em> in the public domain. The
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bulk of the Linux kernel is copyright ©1993 by Linus Torvalds,
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and other software and parts of the kernel are copyrighted by their authors.
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Thus, Linux <em>is</em> copyrighted, however, you may redistribute it under
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the terms of the GPL printed below.
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Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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<LI> <A HREF="node287.html#SECTION0024100000">Preamble</A>
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<LI> <A HREF="node288.html#SECTION0024200000">Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification</A>
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<LI> <A HREF="node289.html#SECTION0024300000">Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</A>
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Andrew Anderson <BR>
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Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I>
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