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Title	Linus Torvalds: GPL is no hippie dream
Type	Opinion
Source	IDG News Service 12/08/2003
Summary	In this column, Linux creator Linus Torvalds rebuts arguments made by SCO Group's CEO Darl McBride in an open letter on SCO's Web site last week. Torvalds argues that the GPL (GNU General Public License) software license that governs Linux has far more in common with U.S. Copyright Law than McBride suggests. continue

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