Perhaps I’m being 5tup1d but I think your describing open source soft in general. Linux and a lot of periphery that runs on Linux is open source so it did play a large role being that it’s not proprietary like Windows and windows adjacent soft.
Answer:
The Atos case demonstrates that it is possible to cut out e-mail entirely.
Explanation:
The subject is generally covered inside the body of text, so that one's out.
The footer is a completely separate part of the document, specifically the bottom-most portion of the page, but let's look at the others.
The salutation is placed at the beginning of the body of text.
And your closing note is placed at the end of the body of text.
So, the best answer would be b. footer.