GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

I understand the license to freely copy, alter, and distribute the software.  Does anyone have claim against my USE of it, or my profit with it at business other than programming per se?  Should I develop a patentable extension to the Debian opus, is there any claim against my profit?   Do you

Thanks; introductions; my question.

I'm pleased that my confirmation was successful.  I feel too inundated with seventy-something e-mails, but it gives me every apprehension that I shall find all that I seek.   I'm a novice, hobbyist, and beginner to LINUX and the internet.  The open license project struck a pleasing chord.  It is th