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Re: How long is linux going to be free ?



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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 08:06:08AM -0800, adit y wrote:
> 1. How long is it going to be free ?

How long will there be life easily mistaken as being intelligent on
Earth?  (Or, if we ever make first contact, how long will there be
intelligent life in this universe?).

> 2. Is there any possibility of this becoming a
> copyrighted software in future ? 

No, because Linux is already (C) 1991-2003 Linus Torvalds, et. al.

> While it may look like it impossible for linux to
> become non free(copyrighted) some day. because any s/w
> besed on gpl needs to be gpled. i don't think so, i
> may be wrong, but i really don't know how it all
> works.

Feel free to get in touch with the lawyers at the Free Software
Foundation with questions.

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