On Thursday 04 April 2002 06:14, Anthony V Guillen wrote: > I'm a newbie in Linux, before anything else, I am not a programmer, or > anything, I'm just curious in Linux. > > I just wanted to know why is it called as an open source code OS?
It's called open source because it's distributed under the GNU Public License (there is a distinction between Open Source and Free Software, but it's ont terribly importanyt in this particular context). For a general view of Open Source, check out Eric Raymond's wirtings http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ For information on GNU see http://www.gnu.org/ >If it so, > what programming language is use to compile the source code use in Linux? > and another thing, where can I find the source code use in Linux? AFAIK it's written in C, compiled with GCC (Gnu C Compiler) The source code is available from any Linux distro site. Sir Robin
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