When software is distributed under the GPL (General Public License), the author of the program still legally holds the copyright to the program (its source code and binary program file) and the author’s name is still
The GPL (General Public License) licensing terms and the communications capabilities of the Internet enable a programmer to collaborate and create the Linux OS, the GNU commands, and thousands of other Linux software programs. (…)
The Linux kernel and the GNU software components fall under the broader category of “open source software”. (…)
When software is distributed under the GPL (General Public License), the author of the program still legally holds the copyright to the program (its source code and binary program file) and the author’s name is still
associated with it. (…)
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