A brief history of free, open-source software and its communities (Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 13th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published.

Title	A Brief History of Free, Open Source Software and Its Communities
Keywords	Open Source Software, Licenses, Internet
Authors	Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Publication	Computer vol. 54, no. 2 (February 2021), pp 75-79

Abstract: Free, open source software (FOSS) has a long history, beginning with the origins of software itself, when the terms free software and open source software were not yet defined. Learning about the milestones of this history may help to understand FOSS today.

As always, the article is freely available (local copy).

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