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The History of Open Source Software
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Updated:
3 Dec 2018
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Events
Usenet is made
Usenet reaches 400 websites
Free Software Foundation is formed
Open Source Initiative is formed
OSI declares definition for Open Source Software
Linus Develops the linux kernel
Linux gains a GUI
Windows is released
Periods
"SHARE" shares source code with IBM workers
Common practice to share source code among researchers
UNIX and C are developed
AT&T begins enforcing intellectual property rights
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