The Making of GNU: The World’s First Open-Source Software
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This video is from ForrestKnight. The GNU Project was the first widely recognized open source software project, as we understand the term today (the practice of sharing and collaborating on software code predates GNU by several years). The making of the GNU Project is a story that every tech enthusiast should know.
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