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[-] wieson@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

Open Source obviously belongs to everyone or no-one. But if you want to be pedantic about it, then Linux is from Finland.

[-] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 7 points 4 months ago

Finlux!

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

No it doesn't. That's an extremely naive understanding of open source software.

Open source is not the same thing as public domain. Linux and GNU are very much copyrighted and remain the intellectual property of the Linux Foundation and the Free Software Foundation, both are American organizations. Do not mistake copyleft license terms for "heritage of all mankind." No one alive today will see public domain Linux.

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