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 What is Open Source?
According to Opensource.org
The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.
We in the open source community have learned that this rapid evolutionary process produces better software than the traditional closed model, in which only a very few programmers can see the source and everybody else must blindly use an opaque block of bits.
Open Source Initiative exists to make this case to the commercial world.
Open source software is an idea whose time has finally come. For twenty years it has been building momentum in the technical cultures that built the Internet and the World Wide Web. Now it's breaking out into the commercial world, and that's changing all the rules. Are you ready?
Want more details - visit www.opensource.org and read all about all the specifics.
According to RedHat:
All software is written with source code. With open source software, the code is protected by a special license that ensures everyone has access to that code. That means no one company can fully own it. Freedom means choice. Choice means power. |
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TUX the famous penguin
I'm sure you've seen this guy around. He has become the beloved mascot and logo of Linux.
When you see Tux, you know that an Open Source project is around!
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Some examples of Open Source Projects:
Linux
Mozilla
Firefox
Apache
PHP
Perl
SendMail
Gimp
OpenOffice
OpenSSL
MySQL
BSD
PostGres
GNU
Postfix
Procmail
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There are several Open Source Projects available for Windows, too!
There are tons of websites with information on all of the above listed projects, as well as many more! ACT USA's technical staff is fluent in many of them.
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