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zylstra
Jan 26, 2004, 11:44 PM
Is the Linux kernel open source? I heard on NPR today that Linus Torvalds is the only person who has access to the source code of the kernel.

-zylstra

psi42
Jan 27, 2004, 01:27 AM
Is the Linux kernel open source? I heard on NPR today that Linus Torvalds is the only person who has access to the source code of the kernel.

-zylstra

The linux kernel is fully open source, distributed under the GNU GPL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

You can download the full kernel source from here (http://www.kernel.org). :)

What is this "NPR" that you refer to?

~psi42