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Linux Revolution!




A must know! Linux is no more called "free software" but "open-source
software"!!!

Read:
Goodbye, "free software"; hello, "open source" by Eric S. Raymond 14.2.98
http://earthspace.net/~esr/open-source.html

<QUOTE>
I brainstormed this with some Silicon Valley fans of Linux the day after
my meeting with Netscape (Feb 5th).  We kicked around and discarded
several alternatives, and we came up with a replacement label we all
liked:  "open source".

John "maddog" Hall and Larry Augustin, both of the Linux International
Board of Directors, were in on the brainstorming session (though
interestingly enough the term "open source"  was suggested by non-hacker
Chris Peterson, observing for the Foresight Institute). Linus Torvalds
himself approved it the following day. And it isn't a Linux-only thing;
Keith Bostic likes it and says he thinks the BSD community can be brought
on board.
</QUOTE>


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