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# [How Open Source Became a Movement: From Xerox to Linux](https://ashiqurrahmanblogs.hashnode.dev/how-open-source-became-a-movement-from-xerox-to-linux?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Open source did not begin as a marketing term or a licensing model. It began as a response to a fundamental shift in how software was controlled. What started as a practical frustration inside a research lab eventually grew into a global movement tha...

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