CS2 Practical 7: Useful pointers

This page is intended to provide some useful starting points for CS2 Practical 7.

The handout ( ps , pdf ) is also available from the CS2 Practicals Page.

The following links give you some starting points.

Introductory article

General resources

• SourceForge, a major open source repository
• Linux, a famous piece of free software
• The GNU Public licenses, including the GPL itself
• Microsoft vs. Open Source: The GPL is a virus!

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