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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"


 Source code??”The source code has to be included with the software and not be
restricted from being redistributed.
 Derived works??”The license must allow modification and redistribution of the code
under the same terms.
 Integrity of the author??™s source code??”The license may require that those who use the
source code remove the original project??™s name or version if they change the source code.
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 No discrimination against persons or groups??”The license must allow all people to be
equally eligible to use the source code.
 No discrimination against fields of endeavor??”The license can??™t restrict a project from
using the source code because it is commercial or because it is associated with a field of
endeavor that the software provider doesn??™t like.
 Distribution of license??”No additional license should be needed to use and redistribute
the software.
 License must not be specific to a product??”The license can??™t restrict the source code
to a particular software distribution.
 License must not restrict other software??”The license can??™t prevent someone from
including the open source software on the same medium as non??“open source software.
 License must be technology-neutral??”The license can??™t restrict methods in which the
source code can be redistributed.


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