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Many of you have heard about open source software. You might have also heard about the open source platform Github. When I first uploaded code on Github, I chose a license randomly. I thought of what use a open source licence might have, but i was wrong. When one builds such a tool or product, that can be forked by others to build their own versions by tweaking and changing its source code, one needs to decide an open source license for it. Today I am going to talk about the various open source licences. What is a LICENSE? Licenses provide rules and guidelines for others to use your work. Open source licenses help others to contribute to your work or project without seeking special individual permission to do so. The different open source licencses There are numerous licenses . I will list out the most commonly used Licenses. All these licenses are OSI (Open Source Initiative ) approved licenses, except the last one. 1. Apache License 2.0 : It is one of the most popular...

                  Ever thought of making your computer greet you as soon as you boot up. A woman voice saying to you , '' Welcome back, [your name]! Hope you are okay!! " . It gives you a Tony Stark feeling of genius. So, lets get to it. Prerequisites: 1. Linu x operati ng system 2.Basic knowledge of shell and terminal 3.Espeak:You can download it by typing " sudo apt-get install espeak " in the                         terminal. Step 1: Writing the bash file Open text editor of your preference and write a  bash script. This script would be the base on which we will add some features. #!/bin/sh sleep 60 espeak -v en-us+f3 -s160  "Welcome Back Home [your name]" #using espeak to make the computer greet     espeak -v en-us+f3 -s160  "Hope you did not miss me much...

                        Everone is aware of the Open-Source Operating System Linux.In today's post I will teach you to install git in your Linux machine. Installing git would allow you to download and upload repository from and to github.     Installing Git will help one to clone repositories from GitHub . So lets install Git. Step 1. Open Terminal and type                           sudo apt-get install git             This command will install git in your computer. How to clone repositories from GitHub. Open Terminal and type                sudo  git clone <git clone url> (  Eg . git clone https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin.git  ) Read about the various open source licenses from here and become a better developer. ...