Because Torvalds released the software under the GNU license, it was able to spread much quicker than under a closed proprietary license.

因为Torvalds发布这个软件是基于GNU许可证的，所以它能比那些在封闭的专有许可证下面的软件传播的更快。

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But because it's free and released under the GNU LGPL license, you have the freedom to create these if you'd like.

但是，它是免费的且它的发布受gnu LGPL许可证的保护，所以如果您愿意的话，您有创建这些(生成器和类函数)的自由。

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Such a proposal isn't contrary to the GNU public license (GPL) that the Linux kernel is licensed under.

这样的提议并不违背Linux内核授权依据的GNU公共许可证(GPL)。

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In a USENIX session on this subject, Apple's senior software engineer Fred Sanchez said that Apple was wary of software licensed under the popular GNU Public License (GPL), because of the restrictions placed on incorporating the code into commercial software.

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The ambiguities of the GNU Public license are responsible in part for Apple's lack of interest in developing for the many Linux distributions that are licensed under GPL. By contrast, said Sanchez, BSD groups do not demand that users of FreeBSD or NetBSD code contribute their innovations to the community, and are therefore more friendly to corporations.

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Take the canny software license Stallman co-created: the Gnu General Public License.

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