> I have a question about licences.
> >
> > I have just read in FAQ question that SL has a GPL license. Do anybody
> > know witch version of license is? 1, 2 or 3?
>
> I think this is depending on which package you are asking for. The Linux
> Kernel itself e.g. is GPLv2 only.
Indeed, if you query the packages, rpm will show you the license
information (and they're not all the same):
$ rpm -qi coreutils
Name : coreutils Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 8.4 Vendor: Scientific Linux
Release : 9.el6 Build Date: Wed 24 Nov
2010 05:54:05 PM EST
Install Date: Tue 10 May 2011 10:03:59 AM EDT Build Host: sl6.fnal.gov
Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM:
coreutils-8.4-9.el6.src.rpm
Size : 12626757 License: GPLv3+
<=========================*
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 25 Nov 2010 01:07:39 PM EST, Key ID b0b4183f192a7d7d
Packager : Koji
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
Summary : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
Description :
These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
$ rpm -qi kernel
Name : kernel Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 2.6.32 Vendor: Scientific Linux
Release : 71.24.1.el6 Build Date: Fri 08 Apr
2011 02:46:56 AM EDT
Install Date: Tue 10 May 2011 03:06:45 PM EDT Build Host: sl6.fnal.gov
Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM:
kernel-2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.src.rpm
Size : 89548610 License: GPLv2
<============================*
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 08 Apr 2011 03:46:59 PM EDT, Key ID b0b4183f192a7d7d
Packager : Scientific Linux
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
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