Difference between revisions of "Open Source"

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Open Source is defined well in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Wikipedia]
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Eventhough there is a wikipedia article on open source,its good to have a version of ours with our own style.
  
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Open Soure means the source code of the software is available for free. The type of license is called copyleft. This type of license is a shared one.This initative is found by Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond.One has the right to use the software,read and modify the code,pass it on to others for free.
  
[[User:Jason Parmer|Jason]], could you or someone else explain this better. Think of someone who doesn't have a clue what to think about in this field would need to hear to understand it. ~~ [[MarkDilley]]
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===How does this work===
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Most of the companies adopt Open Source projects because of its community support.The business model built upon the Open Source is that the product is charged for service and support. This is done by a group of dedicated people who developed the project, trained with it could fix bugs better than others.

Revision as of 00:43, 24 December 2007

Eventhough there is a wikipedia article on open source,its good to have a version of ours with our own style.

Open Soure means the source code of the software is available for free. The type of license is called copyleft. This type of license is a shared one.This initative is found by Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond.One has the right to use the software,read and modify the code,pass it on to others for free.

How does this work

Most of the companies adopt Open Source projects because of its community support.The business model built upon the Open Source is that the product is charged for service and support. This is done by a group of dedicated people who developed the project, trained with it could fix bugs better than others.



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