For 28 years ago, Linus Torvalds announced in the comp.os.minix conference the creation of a working prototype of the new operating system Linux. The system included the ported bash 1.08 and gcc 1.40, which allowed it to be considered self-sufficient.
Linux was created in response to MINIX, whose license did not allow the community to conveniently share developments (at that time, MINIX was positioned as educational and was specifically limited in capabilities).
Initially, Linus planned to name his creation Freax (a blend of 'free', 'freak', and X (Unix)), but Ari Lemmke, who offered Linus help in publishing, placed the OS archive on serveren named the directory with it 'linux'.
The initial license was 'restrictively non-commercial', however, listening to the feedback from the growing community around the project, Linus agreed to use GPLv2.
Kilde: linux.org.ru
