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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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We all love icecream but who'd love turd icecream?
Because I don't get who'd want to use an MS Linux distro
They wouldn’t release it if they weren’t obligated to
It's mandated? How come? Sorry I'm out of the loop
Depends on the given software but kernel edits for instance need to be public. That’s why Android is open source
Since this is their Cloud software I imagine they need to provide their source to customers.
It might just have been easier to push the whole of the open source side than it would be to pick and choose