From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262920AbUDLPu5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:50:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262874AbUDLPu5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:50:57 -0400 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85]:59801 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262784AbUDLPuz (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:50:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 11:50:52 -0400 From: Noel Maddy To: Justin Orndorff Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ownership question Message-ID: <20040412155052.GA18078@uglybox.localnet> Reply-To: Noel Maddy References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 10:58:24AM -0400, Justin Orndorff wrote: > Hello, my name is Justin and I'm doing some research into the specifics > of Linux. Out of curiosity, who owns the Linux kernel? > > Is it owned by Linus Torvalds, its contributors or the public? > > Thanks for your time. Best, > Justin Orndorff http://www.google.com/search?q=copyright+law grep -iR copyright /usr/src/linux -- Sincerity? I could fake that! -- Hawkeye Pierce +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ Noel Maddy