Printed below is the GNU General Public License (the <#2810#> GPL<#2810#> or
<#2811#> copyleft<#2811#>), under which Linux is licensed. It is reproduced here to
clear up some of the confusion about Linux's copyright status~--- Linux
is <#2812#> not<#2812#> shareware, and it is <#2813#> not<#2813#> in the public domain. The
bulk of the Linux kernel is copyright ©\ 1993 by Linus Torvalds,
and other software and parts of the kernel are copyrighted by their authors.
Thus, Linux <#2814#> is<#2814#> copyrighted, however, you may redistribute it under
the terms of the GPL printed below.
<#2838#><#2815#> GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE<#2815#><#2838#>
<#2816#>Version 2, June 1991<#2816#>
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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