What is open sourceand why linux is so called?

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maddy

  • Oct 25th, 2006
 

linux is called is so because its source code can be obtained from internet and u can modify the linux urself without taking care of all those patents and copyrights...ya one thing is there that u should'nt sell that ur self prepared linux 'cos this is not allowed..

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gautam_borkar

  • Jan 6th, 2007
 

Open Source is a consortium of programmers who make the source code of their  applications available to the public for free ( the application may not be free). Linux was named after a finnish student Linus Torvalds who gave the first linux kernel.

pankaj chauhan

  • Feb 8th, 2007
 

hi dear linux is called open source because a person (programmer) can use linux, they can add or modify new feature in linux and simple meaning of open source is you add & modify code.

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gautam_borkar

  • Feb 22nd, 2007
 

Hey sorry man but open source is not just limited to linux even there are windows and mac applications that are developed having the open source liscence

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mbimbro

  • Sep 18th, 2010
 

Kernel of Linux Operating System is written in C and it is called open source because changes can be made to kernel.

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