Parolo poy to Linux dinetai plhres se morfh phgaioy kwdika, einai copyrighted logismiko, ki oxi public domain. Einai, omws, eleu8era dia8esimo ypo toys oroys ths GNU General Public License, poy merikes fores apokaleitai kai ``copyleft''. Diabaste thn GPL gia perissoteres plhrofories. Ta programmata poy trexoyn katw apo to Linux exoyn thn dikh toy adeia xrhshs, parolo poy polla apo ayta dianemontai ki ayta me thn GPL, opws kai to idio to Linux. Ta X xrhsimopoioun thn adeia toy MIT gia ta X, kai merika apo ta programmata dianemontai me toys oroys toy BSD copyright. Se opoiadhpote periptwsh, pantws, olo to logismiko sto FTP site einai eleu8era dia8esimo (alliws den 8a prepe an einai ekei).