The Beauty of Being Able to Rework the Linux Code
Try being able to rework or add to some leading operating system software. It is unlikely the owner and trade mark right holders are going to give you the ability to monkey under the hood with the software. To add to it , to add certain features or rework the software. They cannot be blamed – not only from the stance of the profit motive. By doing you will you will a measure of inconsistencies , and a changing of standards. Standards cannot be assured or necessarily maintained for the use or advice of other users of the software.
Not so with linux. The Linux operating system and much that has been written to run under it , has been supplied to users, complete with its ’source code”. What this means is that anyone with the skill, skills , time and inclination can “tweak” or rework the software for their purposes or use.
These changes or additions to the software must be made “freely available” to all. That is the deal. It can be at no charge , or a reasonable charge but it must be provided under the open source software agreements.
In the opposite case of “commercial software” the licensing agreement will commonly and usually state , that changing the source code is “strictly forbidden”. These terms will apply to most or all of the commercially available software that you have purchased or that will come with your computer that is not “Linux”
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