[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My next issue... Just sort of something to help me understand better.
Where does the GPL state that I can't use LINUX in my own company. I
thought that the entire reason for releasing something under the GPL is
so that I am free to do with it as I please, I just can't claim the
ownership of someone else's work. Correct me if I am wrong, but I was
under the impression that people/companies can use the GPL software for
any purpose.

The GPL is clear on the statement that the license restrictions don't cover use, only copying, modification and distribution:


<from the gpl>
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
</from the gpl>


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