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What is open source?

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What is open source?

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- Let's talk about open-source software. What exactly is it? Well, open-source software is software which is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study it, change it, and distribute it to anyone for any purpose. As such, the source code, that human-readable core of the software, is actually available for inspection, modification and enhancement. Open-source software is usually developed in collaboration in a public manner, and is a good example of how open collaboration can be used to create some great products and services. In the early days of computing, programmers and developers shared software in order to learn from each other and evolve in the field of computing. Eventually, the open-source notion moved to the wayside as commercialization in software started taking over in the 1970s and 1980s. During this time, up until today, academics and some developers still will develop…

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