About Open source
 

Hi All,

Could someone please share about basics in open source.
I have good knowledge in Linux, but i would like to know more about open source.How can we categorise one software as an open source software.

If the source code is free and open to the public, it's open source.

Most open source software in Linux is released under the GPL license, you can read more here:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html

There are some articles at www.eff.org, see also http://catb.org/esr/

Hi:

The GNU General Public License-
is a software license ensuring that the source code for any operating system remains freely
available for anyone that wants to examine, build on or improve upon it.

A man named (you can find him online) Mr. Richard Stallman developed and designed the GNU Project.

This wikipedia page should help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
And this website too-
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman