LXer: Tech 101: What Is Open Source Software?

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04-02-2014, 07:10 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,562 Rep:	LXer: Tech 101: What Is Open Source Software? Published at LXer: The main question behind open source software is: Why would developers want to create software or contribute to another piece of software for free? For a lot of developers the answer is easy. They rely on some piece of open source software for their business so they have an active interest in supporting the community around that software. Read More...

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