On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
1: Licenses As we all know, the Linux operating system is licensed under the GPL. This license is used to help prevent the inclusion of closed source software and to ensure the availability of the source code. The GPL attempts to prevent the distribution of binary-only source. The BSD License is much less restrictive and even allows for the distribution of binary-only source. The core difference, however, can be looked at like this: The GPL gives you the right to use the software any way you want, but you MUST ensure the source code is available to the next person who uses it (or your variation of it). The BSD license does not require that you make sure the next person who uses (or modifies your code) makes that code available.
Note : the Linux Kernel is GPL -- not the "linux operating system" ... since the "linux operating system" is made up of different distributions and packages each having their own licensing models ..