But Who Owns All This Stuff?

• Random, amorphous groups!

  • Linus Torvalds: Linux kernel admin
  • Richard Stallman: FSF founder/head
  • Many, many random project groups

• Distributors are mostly reselling free software!

  • You can download distributions for free
  • Support is usually not through distributor
  • Is it worth it to buy a dist. CD? IMHO yes!