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<h1>FOSS Quiz!</h1>
<h1>FOSS Quiz!</h1>

<h2>People</h2>

<p>What is Linus Torvalds' native language?</p>
<p>Even thought Linus Torvalds is Finnish, his native language is Swedish.
</p>

<p>Who according to Linus Torvalds, “really is about a thousand gnomes working in [an] under-ground caves in Swansea”?</p>
<p>It's Alan Cox.</p>

<p>What does M in RMS stand for?</p>
<p>RMS refers to Richard Stallman, and M stands for his middle name which is Matthew.</p>

<p>UFS' magic number is based on the date 1954-01-19. Who was born on that day to justify the use as a magic number for that file system?</p>
<p>Marshall Kirk McKusick was born that day.</p>

<p>Who is FSF Associate Member number 1?</p>
<p>Bradley M. Kuhn is the first FSF Associate Member.</p>


<h2>Names, logos and mascots</h2>

<p>What was the original name Linus wanted to use for his kernel?
</p>
<p>Freax, but mirror maintainer where it has been first distributed decided that Linux is better.</p>

<div>
<p>Which operating system's mascot is a pufferfish named Puffy.
</p>
<div><img src="img/puffy.png" alt="Puffy" /></div>
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<p>Puffy is OpenBSD's mascot.</p>

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<p>Which distribution is the oldest Linux distribution still being maintained?</p>
<div><img src="img/tux-with-pipe.jpg" alt="Tux smoking a pipe" /></div>
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<p>The oldest still distribution still being maintained is Slackware.
</p>

<h2>People</h2>
<p>What are the names of two followup BSD 4.3 released which were named after popular American holiday destinations?</p>
<p>Two followup BSD 4.3 releases are Tahoe and Reno.</p>

<p>What is Linus Torvalds' native language?</p>
<p>Even thought Linus Torvalds is Finnish, his native language is
Swedish.</p>
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<p>Who drew in 1984 BSD 4.2 mascot called Beastie and is now a chief creative officer at Pixar?</p>
<div><img src="img/beastie.png" alt="Beastie" /></div>
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<p>Even though McKussick holds the copyright it's John Alan Lasseter who drew it.</p>

<p>Who according to Linus Torvalds, “really is about a thousand
gnomes working in [an] under-ground caves in Swansea”?</p>
<p>It's Alan Cox.</p>

<p>What does M in RMS stand for?</p>
<p>RMS refers to Richard Stallman, and M stands for his middle
name which is Matthew.</p>

<p>UFS' magic number is based on the date 1954-01-19. Who was
born on that day to justify the use as a magic number for that
file system?</p>
<p>Marshall Kirk McKusick was born that day.</p>

<p>Who is FSF Associate Member number 1?</p>
<p>Bradley M. Kuhn is the first FSF Associate Member.</p>


<h2>Names, logos and mascots</h2>

<p>What was the original name Linus wanted to use for his
kernel?</p>
<p>Freax, but mirror maintainer where it has been first
distributed decided that Linux is better.</p>

<div>
<p>Which operating system's mascot is a pufferfish named
Puffy.</p>
<div><img src="img/puffy.png" alt="Puffy" /></div>
</div>
<p>Puffy is OpenBSD's mascot.</p>

<div>
<p>Which distribution is the oldest Linux distribution still
being maintained?</p>
<div><img src="img/tux-with-pipe.jpg" alt="Tux smoking a pipe" /></div>
</div>
<p>The oldest still distribution still being maintained is
Slackware.</p>

<p>What are the names of two followup BSD 4.3 released which
were named after popular American holiday destinations?</p>
<p>Two followup BSD 4.3 releases are Tahoe and Reno.</p>

<div>
<p>Who drew in 1984 BSD 4.2 mascot called Beastie and is now
a chief creative officer at Pixar?</p>
<div><img src="img/beastie.png" alt="Beastie" /></div>
</div>
<p>Even though McKussick holds the copyright it's John Alan
Lasseter who drew it.</p>


<h2>Licenses</h2>

<p>Which licenses third version was released on 29 of June 2007?</p>
<p>GNU General Public License.</p>

<p>What is the license Android kernel is released under?</p>
<p>Even though a lot of Android uses more permissive license,
the kernel is based on Linux and thus distributed under the
terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.</p>

<p>Name license which has a politically incorrect name and is
one of the shortest free software licenses whose legal text
consists of only one sentence.</p>
<p>Do What The Fuck you want to Public License.</p>

<p>Which international organisation, whose primary focus is
advance in physics, has released a license used by most projects
in the Open Hardware Repository?</p>
<p>CERN.</p>

<p>What are the differences between plain GNU General Public
License and Affero General Public License?</p>
<p>AGPL includes a clause requiring source code distribution of
software run as a service (eg. web applications).</p>


<h2>Misc</h2>

<p>When did the initial release of Linux happen? Give month and
year.</p>
<p>The initial Linux release happened on September 1991.</p>

<p>Which year Linus Torvalds was born.</p>
<p>Linus Torvalds was born on the year of Moon landing,
1969.</p>

<p>What is the name of a 16-bit microcomputer which was the
first architecture BSD system run on.</p>
<p>PDP-11.</p>

<div>
<p>What's the Linux-based machine which competed in 2011 on
Jeopardy against Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings winning the
first prize of $1 million.</p>
<div><img src="img/watson.jpg" alt="Watson's avatar" /></div>
</div>
<p>It's IBM's Watson.</p>

<p>Lack of access to the source code of the software controlling
which printer convinced Richard Stallman of importance of
people's freedom to study, modify and use software?</p>
<p>Xerox 9700.</p>

<h2>Licenses</h2>

<p>Which licenses third version was released on 29 of June 2007?</p>
<p>GNU General Public License.</p>

<p>What is the license Android kernel is released under?</p>
<p>Even though a lot of Android uses more permissive license, the kernel is based on Linux and thus distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.</p>

<p>Name license which has a politically incorrect name and is one of the shortest free software licenses whose legal text consists of only one sentence.</p>
<p>Do What The Fuck you want to Public License.</p>

<p>Which international organisation, whose primary focus is advance in physics, has released a license used by most projects in the Open Hardware Repository?</p>
<p>CERN.</p>

<p>What are the differences between plain GNU General Public License and Affero General Public License?</p>
<p>AGPL includes a clause requiring source code distribution of software run as a service (eg. web applications).</p>


<h2>Misc</h2>

<p>When did the initial release of Linux happen? Give month and year.
</p>
<p>The initial Linux release happened on September 1991.</p>

<p>Which year Linus Torvalds was born.</p>
<p>Linus Torvalds was born on the year of Moon landing, 1969.
</p>

<p>What is the name of a 16-bit microcomputer which was the first architecture BSD system run on.</p>
<p>PDP-11.</p>

<div>
<p>What's the Linux-based machine which competed in 2011 on Jeopardy against Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings winning the first prize of $1 million.</p>
<div><img src="img/watson.jpg" alt="Watson's avatar" /></div>
</div>
<p>It's IBM's Watson.</p>

<p>Lack of access to the source code of the software controlling which printer convinced Richard Stallman of importance of people's freedom to study, modify and use software?</p>
<p>Xerox 9700.</p>
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