The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as provided in LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0, with an explicit syscall exception described in LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file.
What is gplv2 license?
Among today’s more popular OSS licenses is the GNU (of the GNU Project) General Public License Version 2.0, commonly referred to as simply GPL v2. … Initially released in 1991, the GPL 2 is a copyleft license, meaning users must abide by some strict rules and requirements.
O le a le laisene GPL 3?
GPL v3 License: The Basics
Like the GPL v2, GPL 3 is a strong copyleft license, meaning that any copy or modification of the original code must also be released under the GPL v3. In other words, you can take the GPL 3’d code, add to it or make major changes, then distribute your version.
Ole Linux ole fatu po'o le OS?
Linux, i lona natura, e le o se faiga faʻaogaina; o le Kernel. O le Kernel o se vaega o le faiga faʻaogaina - Ma sili ona taua. Ina ia avea ma OS, o loʻo tuʻuina atu i le GNU software ma isi faʻaopoopoga e maua ai le igoa GNU/Linux. Na faia e Linus Torvalds le Linux open source i le 1992, tasi le tausaga talu ona faia.
O le GPL o se fatu Linux?
O le Linux Kernel o loʻo tuʻuina atu i lalo o aiaiga o na'o le GNU General Public License version 2 (GPL-2.0), e pei ona lomia e le Free Software Foundation, ma saunia i le faila COPYING. … O le fatu Linux e manaʻomia le faʻamatalaga saʻo SPDX i faila uma.
E totogi le au atinaʻe fatu Linux?
E tele sao i le fatu Linux e faia e tagata fiafia ma tamaiti aʻoga. … I le 2012, o le manaʻoga mo tagata tomai faʻapitoa Linux kernel na sili atu nai lo le numera o tagata talosaga i avanoa faigaluega. O le avea ma se Linux kernel developer o se auala sili lea e maua ai totogi e galue ai Avanoa tatala.
E totogi le au atinaʻe fatu Linux?
O tagata fai sao i le fatu i fafo atu o le Linux Foundation o e masani ona totogi e fai le galuega o se vaega o latou galuega masani (mo se faʻataʻitaʻiga, o se tasi e galue mo se faʻatau meafaigaluega e saofagā avetaʻavale mo a latou meafaigaluega; faʻapea foi kamupani e pei o Red Hat, IBM, ma Microsoft e totogi a latou tagata faigaluega e saofagā i Linux ...
E maua tupe a Linux?
Kamupani Linux e pei o RedHat ma Canonical, o le kamupani i tua atu o le Ubuntu Linux distro sili ona lauiloa, faʻapea foi maua le tele oa latou tupe mai auaunaga lagolago faapolofesa foi. … That’s a big part of why companies like Microsoft and Adobe moved to subscription programs. Those annuities are quite profitable.
Aisea e leaga ai le GPL?
The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs. … This is just simple bad-tempered wall building between proprietary software and GPL software, simply because Stallman and company consider proprietary software to be evil.
How do I get my GNU license?
Fa'afefea ona fa'aoga laisene GNU mo lau lava polokalama
- Maua se fa'atagaga o le puletaofia mai lou fale faigaluega po'o le a'oga.
- Give each file the proper copyright notices. …
- Fa'aopoopo se faila COPYING ma se kopi o le GNU GPL po'o le GNU AGPL.
- Also add a COPYING. …
- Tuu se faaaliga laisene i faila taitasi.
- (Optionally) make the program display a startup notice.