Is Torvalds really the father of Linux? | CNET News.com

Is Torvalds really the father of Linux? | CNET News.com: "It's hard to imagine that Linus Torvalds could have launched Linux without directly using earlier operating system work, according to a report that has become controversial even before its scheduled publication Thursday.
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If Linux is a derivative work of Minix, that makes Linux vulnerable to charges of intellectual property infringement by Prentice Hall, which published books and the Minix source code but restricted its use until 2000, the study said. "Arguably, Prentice Hall has lost out on tens of millions of dollars" because of lost book sales, the study said."

(I thought it was already common knowledge that Minix played a pivotal role...)