VA Software

VA Software

VA Software Corporation (NASDAQ: LNUX), antiguamente VA Linux Systems, es la creadora de OSDN (Open Source Development Network), Red de Desarrollo de código abierto. OSDN agrupa páginas webs como Slashdot, FreshMeat, NewsForge y SourceForge.

A pesar de utilizar un pretencioso LNUX como identificador de cotización en bolsa, la empresa nada tiene que ver con el sistema operativo GNU/Linux, o el padre del kernel de Linux, Linus Torvalds.

Creada en 1993, VA Linux tiene su base en Fremont, California. Su denominación ha sido cambiada a VA Software en 2001 por problemas con las patentes sobre el nombre de Linux, que su creador Linus Torvalds tiene registrado.

Algunos opinan que VA Software se ha apartado de sus principios originales basados en ideas de software libre, lo que le ha deparado numerosas críticas dentro del sector.


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