@drsethi: if u understand the ethics behind Linux,U will not be here to support Window$ .
so i'll say read,read and again read about Free Software and Open Source,GPL. as medics rely on referring and reading their books.
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``Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in ``free beer.''
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http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html
read-Linux is free software and Linux is only the kernel
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Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system (18k characters) every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is more often known as ``Linux'', and many users are not aware of the extent of its connection with the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is not the operating system. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in a combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU, with Linux functioning as its kernel.
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http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
links for free software:
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays
cathedral and bajaar
http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
enlighten urself shed off the pride, Bill gates and his microsoft wont give u a trophy for ur support.left the fanboy in u.And Lastly
GNU/Linux is not equal to Communism
http://defectivebydesign.org/join/fsf