Open Source?
Know that open source software is given to people at no charge with the source code intact as to encourage independent developers to make it better and change things as they wish.
Realize that the general philosophy of open source software is that the company who distributes the code freely can still reap income from viral marketing and other tactics. Not only that, it more importantly helps to progress code to evolve, adapt, and make itself better because so many people are allowed to tinker with it.
Understand there are rules for a piece of software or code to be considered officially "open source". For one, it needs to be freely distributed. You cannot charge someone by modifying open source code and selling it as your own product. It, however, can be sold as PART of a commercial product, it just cannot be the product itself.
Know that the source code must always be included with the software, modified or not, as to encourage learning from the code and to promote making it better. Not including the source code implies that you yourself created it, and that you probably have the intentions of selling it. This not only is unfair, it is illegal to take open source and sell it as if you created it yourself. Don’t try it!
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