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		josephcsible on Nov 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mold linker creator considers changing the license Doesn't Google pay people to work on the Linux kernel, even though Google can't take ownership of the whole Linux kernel?

tristan957 on Nov 12, 2022 [–]

Google owns employee code outside of work if I understand things correctly.

So Google only has copyright over the portions their employees have contributed.

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