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Software whose source code is freely available β€” the foundation of modern technology

USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 1983 Software & OS

Key Facts

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    GNU Project (1983) by Richard Stallman; Open Source Initiative founded (1998) by Eric Raymond

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    Linux, Apache, MySQL, Python, Git, Firefox, Chromium β€” all open source; power 95% of the internet

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    GitHub (acquired by Microsoft for $7.5B in 2018) hosts 420+ million repositories; 100M+ developers

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Richard Stallman started the GNU Project in 1983 and coined "free software" β€” free as in freedom, not price

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