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Day 11(open source)

1.Open source - software or designs where the original source code is made publicly accessible

  • Anyone is free to view

  • modify

  • enhance the code

2.**open source **was coined in 1998 by a group in the free software movement. However, the foundational roots trace back to Richard Stallman, who founded the Free Software Foundation in 1985.

  1. Richard Stallman - is also know by his initials rms , is american free software movement activist and programmer .he campaings for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to use, study, distribute, and modify that software

3.not all open source are fre of cost , some of them were paid but.
open means only the source code will be open to see this is the real meaning .

  1. open source list

use can expend this socity for using open source by use them and suggesting them use free software

we can contribute to this open source by join their community and to use your skills in their current project .

some community
kanchilug.wordpress.com
kaniyam.com
ilugc.in

To communicate with them use IRC- Internet Relay chat

some common labels and websites used to find beginner-friendly open-source contributions:

good first issue – Issues suitable for first-time contributors.
beginner friendly – Tasks that are easier for newcomers.
help wanted – Projects looking for contributors.
documentation – Documentation-related tasks.

https://goodfirstissue.dev/

https://up-for-grabs.net/

https://www.codetriage.com/

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