Tuesday, August 4, 2009

How about Open Source?

Open source,Open source,Open source...........This term has been used widely and still not knowing what it means is really bad. But it is never late ot learn such definitions. So here it is: Open Source is something in which you will be having access to the source code and thus you can modify it according to your own needs.

Open Source Softwares(OSS) are really become famous these days. OSS may permit you rights to modify the whole source code or may be just a part of it. The rights are also specified whether the OSS can be redistibuted in the modified form or not. Most of the OSS are available for free. Linux is one great example. It is available free and also an open source. Linux are mainly used in servers. Another example that uses OSS is Debian. Open source softwares that are free are usually termed as F/OSS,FOSS(Free Open Source Software) and FLOSS(Free,Libre,Open Source Software).

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