Home News At Birth, Open Source Was About Saving Money, Not Sharing Code By May 11, 2016 Linus Torvalds and the early supporters of the Linux project were interested primarily in a free-as-in-beer operating system, not ensuring that source code would be freely accessible. Complete Story Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Print Previous articleopenSUSE Tumbleweed Users Get KDE Plasma 5.6.3, Firefox 46 & Linux Kernel 4.5.3 Next articleAnatomy of a File System Get the Free Newsletter! Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis Email Address By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Subscribe Must Read Blog Master VLC with These 10+ Expert Tips and Tricks News Xubuntu 24.04 LTS: Best New Features News Slimbook Fedora 2 Is a New Linux Laptop Powered by Fedora 40 News EndeavourOS Gemini Lands with the KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment Developer 5 Must-Try AI Tools for Linux Users in 2024