Open source in my vision! Before and after knowing these things

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Before

In my college, my final semester also included a paper called 'Open-Source System'. I actually had good marks on that paper as well. But the knowledge about open-source is very basic, no! not basic also, it's like I really don't understand what open source is. The things I get into wrong or misunderstand about open-source are,

• "Open source is a free resource." This means "we can use open-source without paying any amount". Actually, this is also a correct meaning, but that sentence is not meant to say this. So, what is the real meaning of this is I will let you know in the 'After' part.

• "Open source is Linux only." I really believe that open-source is only about Linux. The only example I gave in my exams was Linux for open-source.

• "Open source is a big corporation. Behind of that, there will be a big company environment." Now also, I can't believe that my understanding is wrong, there is nothing like that.

After

After knowing some of the things about open-source is mind-blowing. The things I gain some clear meaning of the things and the real truths are,

• The real meaning of the "Open is a free resource" is that the source code of the resource is free, like anyone can access that code. We can
  edit, update, and share. The reason behind the free resource is, we want to learn something about that code and grow ourselves with the open-source community. An interesting fact is that we can also contribute to them. For contributing open-source community, we can build a strong foundation for our career.

• Open source is not only about Linux, there are so many open sources are there. Example: Android, VS Code, Firefox, etc. Linux is a popular OS in open source. I will let you know about Linux briefly in my next blog.

• There is no one behind the open source. there is a community called the open-source community is a group of people managing some things in a remote mode. Interesting is that there is no office for open-source. Can you believe this? actually, I can't. How just a community can manage also these things without a physical location? That is the community power. That community has people who do not expect a profit or income. They are passionate about building open-source software.

So these are the thing I really want to share with you guys! You may know these things. But this is new to me to know the different side of the tech world. So thank you for read my blog. I hope you like it!