“Free software is part of a broader phenomenon, which is a shift toward recognizing the value of shared work. Historically, shared stuff had a very bad name. The reputation was that people always abused shared things, and in the physical world, something that is shared and abused becomes worthless. In the digital world, I think we have the inverse effect, where something that is shared can become more valuable than something that is closely held, as long as it is both shared and contributed to by everybody who is sharing in it.”
Quote by Mark Shuttleworth
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Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth, born on September 18, 1973, is a South African entrepreneur known for his contributions to the open-source software movement. He founded Thawte, a company providing digital certificate services, in the mid-1990s and later created Ubuntu, a free and open-source operating system based on Debian, aiming to make computer use more accessible. Shuttleworth also founded the Shuttleworth Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to education and technology development. more