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AlmaLinux OS Foundation

The AlmaLinux OS Foundation stewards AlmaLinux OS, a free, community-governed enterprise Linux distribution that is binary compatible with RHEL. The distribution is a compilation of packages under their own open-source licences, with the compilation copyright under GPLv2.

Licensing at a Glance

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  1. AlmaLinux OS is described as a completely free, open-source enterprise Linux distribution, binary compatible with RHEL, and free of limitations, fees and charges.[1]

  2. The distribution is a compilation of software packages, each governed by its own licence; as with RHEL, the compilation copyright is licensed under GPLv2 and does not supersede the package licences.[2]

  3. Software unique to AlmaLinux that ships with the OS is licensed GPLv2, unique non-OS software GPLv3, unique libraries usually MIT, and most content CC BY-SA 4.0.[3]

  4. The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is a US 501(c)(6) organization; its membership tiers range from free individual membership to Platinum sponsorship at $100,000 per year.[4]

Products

References

  1. AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System · almalinux.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. The AlmaLinux OS licensing policy · almalinux.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. The AlmaLinux OS licensing policy · almalinux.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. AlmaLinux OS Foundation · almalinux.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
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