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Or check out [GNU General Public License] for the preamble.
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!!Some Common Misconceptions
-!If I write a program for [Linux] then I have to give it
away the source code!
+!If I write a program for [Linux] then I have to give away the source code!
This is not true at all. Only UserSpace programs that use [GPL]'d code (either staticly or dynamicly) need to also be under the GPL. (For example, the c library is under the [LGPL] which allows non-GPL programs to link to it, while the GNU readline library is under the GPL and does not allow that). The following quote is from the top of /usr/src/linux/COPYING which is LinusTorvalds' copyright licence over the LinuxKernel (this quote is then followed by the GPL):
NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
