2006-10-04 06:11:01 · 6 answers · asked by aziQue 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It is when a software owner is ready to distribute its software for free and is welcoming ideas if you know programming and know how to improve that software. For examplle linux is a open software it is ditributed freely and is upgraded frequently by lot of people around the world
2006-10-04 06:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by ajuer_sood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open Source Software is software for which the underlying programming code is available to the users so that they may read it, make changes to it, and build new versions of the software incorporating their changes. There are many types of Open Source Software, mainly differing in the licensing term under which (altered) copies of the source code may (or must be) redistributed.
2006-10-04 06:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name itself says that...
Open Source Software is software for which the underlying programming code is available to the users so that they may read it, make changes to it, and build new versions of the software incorporating their changes. There are many types of Open Source Software, mainly differing in the licensing term under which (altered) copies of the source code may (or must be) redistributed.
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2006-10-04 06:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Open Source Software" is just that, the source code is provided with the binary, many times without. There are many different types of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) licenses. Some require you to redistribute your changes, like the GPL, and other do not, like the BSD license.
The below links should give a brief introduction to "Open Source"
2006-10-04 06:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by og.emmet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Open source software is similar in idea to "free software" but slightly less rigid than the free software movement. Users of open source software are (generally) able to view the source code, alter and re-distribute open source software. There is however less of an emphasis in the open source movement on the right of information and source code to be free and in some cases companies are able to develop proprietary products based on open source ones.
2006-10-04 06:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by WHY2KONE WS6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could explain it, but you should read it by yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software
2006-10-04 06:13:54 · answer #6 · answered by Bernz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋