2. (4 pts) What made Ubuntu different from the commercial versions of Linux that

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2. (4 pts) What made Ubuntu different from the commercial versions of Linux that existed before it? 3. (4 pts) Who was the founder of the company that created Ubuntu, and what is that company's name? 4 4 pts Look at the page https : //www. ubuntu. com community/mission#community. State three di ferent ways in which a person can contribute to the Ubuntu community 5. (4 pts) Who is the founder of the Free Software Foundation and in what year was it founded? 6. (4 pts) Which of the following is the meaning of "free" in the context of free software? (a) The software will cost nothing to obtain. (b) The software can do as it pleases to a users system, accessing and changing all available data. (c) The users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. (d) The source code is free to those who have purchased the software. 7. (4 pts) Which of the following is NOT an essential freedom according to the Free Software Foundation's definition of Free Software? (a) The freedom to run the program. (b) The freedom to see and study the program. (c) The freedom to share copies. (d) The freedom to own the program. (e) The freedom to share modified versions to others. 8. (4 pts) Which of these is NOT a core principle of open source software, based on the Open-Source Initiative's definitions? (a) The program must include source code. (b) The license must allow people to experiment with and redistribute modifications. (c) The license must not allow a user to sell modified versions of the software. (d) Users have a right to know who is responsible for the software they are using. (e) The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field. (f) The license must not be specific to a product.

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3)Answer:

Mark Shuttleworth

Company name: Canonical Ltd

Canonical Ltd. is a UK-based privately held computer software company founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects

5)Answer:

Richard Stallman is the founder of  Free Software Foundation (FSF)

The Free Software Foundation was founded in 1985 as a non-profit corporation supporting free software development.

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