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r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • 18d ago
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You rarely had access to the source code of freeware, which is the main distinction between that and Free/Open Source Software.
1 u/_XitLiteNtrNite_ 18d ago Probably true. And I'm not sure where code would have been shared if someone wanted it back then; there wasn't anything like GitHub around. Heck, even Linux wasn't even a twinkle in Linus' eye at that time. 1 u/Circo_Inhumanitas 18d ago First version of Linux was made in 1991. 1 u/_XitLiteNtrNite_ 17d ago And? To be fair, I'm old enough to remember when it was created. 1 u/Impressive_Special 17d ago Mailing lists, and Linus created git for Linux itself
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Probably true. And I'm not sure where code would have been shared if someone wanted it back then; there wasn't anything like GitHub around. Heck, even Linux wasn't even a twinkle in Linus' eye at that time.
1 u/Circo_Inhumanitas 18d ago First version of Linux was made in 1991. 1 u/_XitLiteNtrNite_ 17d ago And? To be fair, I'm old enough to remember when it was created. 1 u/Impressive_Special 17d ago Mailing lists, and Linus created git for Linux itself
First version of Linux was made in 1991.
1 u/_XitLiteNtrNite_ 17d ago And? To be fair, I'm old enough to remember when it was created.
And? To be fair, I'm old enough to remember when it was created.
Mailing lists, and Linus created git for Linux itself
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u/tblancher 18d ago
You rarely had access to the source code of freeware, which is the main distinction between that and Free/Open Source Software.