The Sand Dollar Legend. Described in The Legend of the Sand Dollar below, it's design by God ,the Creator, tells the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! This makes a wonderful Christian object lesson for kids of any age! One of my favorite activities as a child was finding sea shells at the beach. Although, I didn't live near a beach, my oldest sister did.
Linux is referred to as open-source precisely because it is. Open-source is the ability for anyone to view the code necessary to make the program. The Linux kernel, and most of the programs that are available for it, have their source code available, under a variety of licenses. Linux is referred to as open-source precisely because it is.
Open Source means that the code and software are free to the public. Many Linux flavored OS's used to be this way - and they still are . . . to a point. What they are doing now is selling the current version and when that version becomes outdated by later releases they put that version into the 'open source' bit bucket for anyone to grab.