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Re: linux = GPL?!
On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Ira Abramov wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Alexandre Khalil wrote:
>> >http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/whatis.html
>> >says it is... /usr/src/linux/README also states it is... since WHEN?? I
>> >was always sure Linus was a little more protective...
>> Linus says that copylefting Linux is the most important design decision
>> he ever made.
>but... but...
>A. when did it happen?
The idea has been there all along. Probably checking the
/usr/src/linux/README or Makefile files of older kernels will help
ascertain when the first formal commitment was made.
>B. I have a feeling he wants to get less and less involved lately...
>preparing ground for "the next phase", whatever that will be.
Some Linux afficionado found him a job in California working on
computer matters completely unrelated to Linux. Linus seems to want to
keep his work on Linux on purely voluntary basis.
alex
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