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software that shows its work, so anyone can fix, fork, or fight over it.
means code released with its source freely viewable, modifiable, and redistributable, usually under a license that says so in writing.
from coined in 1998 by a group of programmers rebranding free software for corporate boardrooms, swapping the ambiguous word free for something that sounded less like a hippie manifesto and more like a business plan.
linux kernelbuilt by thousands who never met in person
free means freedomnot price, though it is often both
github now ownsthe culture microsoft once tried to kill
license warsgpl vs mit is basically a religion