Introduction to Open Source

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What is Open Source?

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It can be modified and shared because its design is publicly available.

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What year did Richard Stallman launch the free software movement?

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1983

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What is the Free Software Foundation?

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A non-profit corporation formed by Richard Stallman in 1985 to promote open-source software.

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What does BSD stand for in the context of open source licenses?

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Berkeley Software Distribution.

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What is Linux?

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A flexible popular operating system that runs a range of hardware and systems, released in 1991.

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What significant event happened in 1995 related to open source databases?

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MySQL was released and became the most popular open source database solution.

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What is the Open-Source Initiative?

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A politically-focused label for 'free software' suggested by Christine Peterson in 1998.

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What is Mozilla?

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An open source browser that changed the history of the internet, released in 1998.

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What is Ubuntu?

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The most widely used Linux distribution, which arrived in 2004.

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What is OpenJDK?

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The Java development kit released by Sun Microsystems in 2007.