in addition... for your reference
http://www.hiddenlinux.com/advocay.html
Freedom from licensing headaches
You can install open-source software products on any number of machines
without breaking the law. In effect, you have an "unlimited user, unlimited
installation" license.
--ran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pablo Manalastas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 10:02 PM
Subject: [plug] Linux #2: some questions
>
> During last Saturday's Linux seminar at APC, Randy said
> that one of the features of Linux is
>
> FREEDOM FROM LICENSING!
>
> I believe that whhat Randy meant is that when you use
> Linux you get "free licensing" or "freedom from expensive
> licensing".
>
> Linux is copyrighted by Linus Torvalds and is distributed
> under the licensing terms of the GPL (General Public Liicense).
> So it is not free from licensing. There is a very strict
> license that covers its use or, rather, freedom of use.
> See /usr/src/linux/COPYING for the text of the GPL.
>
> PMana
>
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