This is the Ubuntu prepackaged version of the Linux kernel. Linux was written by Linus Torvalds and others. This package was put together by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, from sources retrieved from upstream linux git. The sources may be found at most Linux ftp sites, including ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ This package is currently maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team Linux is copyrighted by Linus Torvalds and others. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. On Ubuntu Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License v2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.