Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.
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- Mostly written in C/C++
- Large, active development team
- Mozilla Public License 1.0 may conflict with GPL
- Decreasing year-over-year development activity
Updated 15 May 2008 21:36 UTC
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| Codebase | 3,608,718 |
| Effort (est.) | 1087 Person Years |
| Avg. Salary | $ year |
| $ 59,778,087 | |
