General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The GNU GPL (General Public License) means you’re free to download the source code of the Linux kernel, modify it, recompile it, repackage it, and even make it part of your own products if you want to ...