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Packaging software with RPM, Part 1: Building and distributing packages
The principal benefit of open source software is, as its name implies, access to the inner workings of an application. Given the source, you can study how an application works; change, improve, and extend its operation; borrow and repurpose code (per the limits of the application’s license); and port the application to novel and emergent platforms.
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