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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not really. You've granted the owner some rights, such as the right to host your content and present it to any user on the platform, but they don't own it. Twitter can't start using any art hosted on their platform for their branding, because it's no theirs.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 0 points 11 months ago

They can if the license you granted them says they can. Read it. These platforms usually make you grant then extensive rights. Yes they don't own the content but given such broad permissions it makes very little practical difference.