<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-c (Feb 29, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The GNU General Public License</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="EN"> <A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node287.html">Preamble</A> <B>Up:</B> <A HREF="nag.html">The Network Administrators' Guide</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node285.html">Sample smail Configuration Files</A> <BR> <P> <H1><A NAME="SECTION0024000000">The GNU General Public License</A></H1> <P> <A NAME="appendixgpl"></A> <P> Printed below is the GNU General Public License (the <em>GPL</em> or <em>copyleft</em>), under which Linux is licensed. It is reproduced here to clear up some of the confusion about Linux's copyright status--Linux is <em>not</em> shareware, and it is <em>not</em> 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 <em>is</em> copyrighted, however, you may redistribute it under the terms of the GPL printed below. <P> <P> <P CENTER> <P CENTER> <P> Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. <P> </P></P><BR> <HR> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="node287.html#SECTION0024100000">Preamble</A> <LI> <A HREF="node288.html#SECTION0024200000">Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification</A> <LI> <A HREF="node289.html#SECTION0024300000">Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</A> </UL> <BR> <HR> <P><ADDRESS> <I>Andrew Anderson <BR> Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>