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GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux has started the greatest revolution in software development. After developers were no longer able to access the previously freely available UNIX versions and respective tools due to the commercialization of the system, they started to write the necessary software themselves to publish them under the name GNU (GNU is not UNIX). In order not to go through the same experience again, Richard Stallman created the GPL license to protect developers from source codes being stolen and to guarantee their free availability. What was missing for the breakaway from the corner of highly specialized UNIX freaks was a core that would make a complete operating system together with the arising GNU application. This core was written by Linus Thorvald, who placed it under the GPL license and called it "Linux" on a whim. Through the participation of many developers, the proprietary operating system providers became a serious competitor within a relative short period of time. The Free Software movement has since dispersed in many directions, but the common goal has remained the same. A number of desktop and server applications have been added to the Linux operating system. From image processing and office suits to databases, scientific applications, and games, there is almost nothing that it does not have.
q.v.: Licenses Free Software OpenOffice
