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Word to the Wise for the week of May 19, 2008:
OPEN SOURCE
(1)Generically, open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community.
(2)A certification standard issued by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) that indicates that the source code of a computer program is made available free of charge to the general public. The concept relies on peer review to find and eliminate bugs in the program code. Programmers on the Internet read, redistribute and modify the source code, forcing an expedient evolution of the product.
OSI dictates that in order to be considered "OSI Certified" a product must meet the following criteria:- The author or holder of the license of the source code cannot collect royalties on the distribution of the program.
- The distributed program must make the source code accessible to the user
- The author must allow modifications and derivations of the work under the program's original name
- No person, group or field of endeavor can be denied access to the program
- The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a particular software distribution
- The licensed software cannot place restrictions on other software that is distributed with it.
For more information on OPEN SOURCE, we suggest:
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.php
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