MACET Linux Club is organized by the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology. The goal of the Linux Club is to spread Open Source awareness among the budding Engineers. Also Linux Club provides support and Linux Programming.

MISSION
To promote the usage of Linux operating system among the students of MACET and create awareness about the open source softwares

VISION
To create a dynamic and operational Linux Community in the MACET campus.

What is Open Source ?

Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
What is Linux ? Linux is an operating system. It is the software on a computer that enables applications and the computer operator to access the devices on the computer to perform desired functions.
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Open Source License: Open source software is actually developed and released under a range of licenses including the GNU General Public License (GPL), the BSD license, the Artistic License, the Netscape License. The most important differences in licenses mainly reflects differences in opinion about the conditions of access to computer code. An OSI certified license must provide the programmer with source code that is human readable. There cannot be restrictions on what modifications can be made to the software, on how it can be sold or given away.