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You do not need a license to edit Linux's source code. The GPL applies only to how you distribute it. End users do not license Linux in any way for use or modification, they're allowed to do anything they like, so long as if they try to redistribute the result they do so under the terms of the GPL.
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Where can you get source code of Linux?
The source code for the Linux kernel is hosted at kernel.org.
Why are they so many distributions of Linux?
The open source model allows the freedom for anyone to view, modify, and distribute source code. The Linux kernel and the many distributions that uses it are released under any given open-source license which allows anyone to build their own Linux distribution at will.
What is the source code for the sql server in Linux?
There are several SQL servers available for Linux. You can get the source code for MySQL and PostgreSQL from their respective websites.
What is the definition of an open source distribution?
Distribution is a word usually used to refer to a certain version or "flavor" of UNIX or Linux, and open source is code that is free to modify and recompile, distributed in source code form (and usually precompiled binaries, as well). Most open source software is available free of charge, but not all of it. So an "open source distribution" would be a certain version of UNIX or Linux that is free to modify and recompile, distributed in source code form. All Linux distributions are required to be open source, as they are all under the GNU General Public License, which you may read at the following address: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Can you incorporate Linux in a proprietary product?
Many embedded devices incorporate Linux, and those are proprietary products. But the Linux license (GPL) requires that the distributor also make the source code available, including any modifications they may have made to the operating system.
Why is Linux referred to as open-source software?
Linux is referred to as "open-source" precisely because it is. Open-source is the ability for anyone to view the code necessary to make the program. The Linux kernel, and most of the programs that are available for it, have their source code available, under a variety of licenses.
Which operating system source code can be downloaded and edited?
Linux
Why does Linux make its source available to programmers?
Linux Torvalds made the source code to the Linux kernel available because he wanted both for it to serve as a learning tool, and to convince people to work on it.
Why is Linux popular in academia?
Students understand the source code for the operating system and how Linux works without complications.
Why Linux popular in academia?
Students understand the source code for the operating system and how Linux works without complications.
Why unix is an open source operating system?
Unix is NOT open source, it is proprietary copyrighted code owned by AT&T and you must purchase a license to use it, as you do on Windows and Mac OS X.However both Linux and GNU are open source OSs with equivalent functionality to Unix.
What is open source and its code along with any changes remains public?
Linux
