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#12 Open Source Software

Kopec Explains Software

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The Rise and Fall of the Open Source Movement

Linus Torvalds came out with the first version of the Linux kernel in 1991. Today it's not just one of the major server operating systems, but also in all of our Android smartphones and Chromebooks. The free software movement is more purely about freedom. Eric Raymond: Open source now as a movement has been adopted by what used to be some of the biggest proprietary software companies.

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