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Linux Essentials - Second Edition
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As an individual user, you might not need to delve too deeply into open source license details. The principles behind the OSI guidelines guarantee that you have the right to use open source programs as you see fit, and even to redistribute those programs. If you’re building a business, though, and particularly a business that creates or distributes open source software, you may need to better understand these licenses. Thus a few of them are described in more detail. Also, some of the ways that companies have found to use open source licenses as parts of their business models are included.
Every open source license has its own unique characteristics. These are mostly of interest to developers who might want to contribute to a software project, but on occasion they may be important to a system administrator. The major open source licenses include the following:
GNU GPL and LGPL As noted earlier, the Linux kernel uses...
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