Conversion to Linux

[Billy Crook]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 14:20, Haworth, Michael A.
<Michael_Haworth at pas-technologies.com> wrote:
...
> for some things - got the terse email regarding 'hidden clauses' in the Linux licensing
...

One quite refreshing thing about Free Software is that most of it uses
only a small handful of licenses.  In the proprietary world, most
software comes with its own unique license, and so it's SIGNIFICANTLY
more difficult to stay aware of all their conditions and restrictions.

Linux is licensed exclusively under GPLv2.  The majority of software
included in GNU-based distros, and Free Software in general is
licensed under one of the generations of the GPL.  It's unusually
short and to the point for a software license, and exceptionally
clear.

For the official info on the GPL: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html