The Linux kernel is protected by copyright law as a "literary work."
However, it was issued under the extraordinarily broad GNU General Public License, which allows free distribution of the code, and grants users permission to modify the code in any way, providing that the resulting code is also distributed under the same license.
A discussion of the GPL is linked below.
Heavens no! Microsoft is actually a pretty vocal opponent to Linux adoption, as it seriously threatens their market share. The Linux trademark is own by its creator, Linus Torvalds, and the Linux kernel itself is under dozens, if not hundreds, of copyrights to hundreds of holders.
Relating to what?
At the very least you break civil laws dealing with copyrights
At the very least you break civil laws dealing with copyrights
i think the laws relating on dog poo is that the owner must clean the dog poo away
what are the current laws relating to security breaches relating to criminal damage fy
The type of power that Congress possesses to make laws for copyrights and patents is known as exclusive legislative power. This means that only Congress has the authority to create laws related to intellectual property rights, including copyrights and patents. This power is derived from Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Civil Laws
Marylebone Cricket Club, as specified in the Preface to the current edition.
nothing
No. Copyrights to pieces of the kernel belong to the programmers who made them. While Microsoft does ironically have a copyright on a couple of the modules, it does not own all of the code.
There are no specific copyrights associated with the Dodge logo, instead it is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC and is protected by the trademark laws.