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fosscet

Free & Open Source revolutionaries at CET - Building software freedom, one commit at a time.

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Our Mission

Free and Open Source Software

We're bringing FOSS to CET students—replacing proprietary tools with Linux, GitHub workflows, and community-driven development. From kernel hacking to UI/UX contributions, we're building the next generation of open source maintainers.


Student Awareness and Software Responsibility

While addressing the FOSS movement, we also want to raise student awareness and improve anti-piracy and unresponsible software usage tendecies by providing free and open-source alternates.

The FOSS Movement

1983–1985
Global Foundations

GNU Project & FSF

Richard Stallman launches GNU (1983) and Free Software Foundation (1985), creates GPL license. Emacs also released as first product under GNU License.

1991–1993
Kernel Boom

Linux Kernel Released

Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel (1991); BSD variants gain traction post-lawsuits.

1998
Term Coined

"Open Source" is Born

Term coined for broader appeal; Apache/Red Hat commercialize FOSS.

2000-2001
India Awakens

Kerala Leads

Kerala's IT@School promotes FOSS education; FSF India starts in Trivandrum.

2025–2026
FossCET

fosscet is launched

The FOSS movement is brought back to our very own CET, stronger than ever.