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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Open Source''' β Software for which the "Source Code" is made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute it to anyone for any purpose. * '''Source Code''' β The "Human-readable" instructions of a program (The "Recipe" for the software). * '''Richard Stallman''' β The founder of the "Free Software Movement" and author of the "GNU Manifesto." * '''Linus Torvalds''' β The creator of "Linux," the most important open source project in history, which runs 90% of the world's servers. * '''Free Software vs. Open Source''': ** '''Free Software''' β Focuses on "Ethics and Freedom" (Free as in "Speech"). ** '''Open Source''' β Focuses on "Practicality and Quality" (Free as in "Better Code"). * '''Copyleft''' β A clever legal trick (like the GPL license) that says: "You can use this for free, but ONLY if your new version is also free." * '''GitHub / GitLab''' β The "Social Networks" for code where millions of developers collaborate on open source projects. * '''The Cathedral and the Bazaar''' β Eric S. Raymond's famous essay comparing "Top-down" company management (Cathedral) to "Bottom-up" open source collaboration (Bazaar). * '''Kernel''' β The "Core" of an operating system (e.g., the Linux Kernel). * '''Forking''' β When a developer "Copies" a project and starts a "New path" for it (e.g., when a community "Forks" a project because they don't like the new owner). </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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