advancing a cause I believe in and, hopefully, making a tidy profit. The business model of my firm – as with most open-source business models – would benefit from low to nonexistent software development costs, reducing the barriers to entry into the market. The enthusiasm and existing quality of the Linux community and software likewise will assist in scaling the firm by providing a natural market and by contributing code and bugfixes. This business model would aim to address most of the problems of
1998, some of the people in the free software community began using the term "Open Source Software" instead of "Free Software". At that time, I was working for Sun Microsystem for one of the "Open Source Software" project -- localization of Mozilla. Sun Microsystem is one of the biggest system company in the "Open Source Software" community. a) Difference between "free software" and "open source" Comparing to "Free Software", the term ``open source software'' is associated with a different
Stallman conceives a movement about the defense of the free software and it is an interesting topic to discuss and it has been converted in a stimulus for all computers users and developers to create free software that can be modified, and distributed freely. Private software does not benefit the humanity and the informatics. On the contrary, it induces to have more insecure, expensive, and inaccessible systems applications. I do not pretend to cross out the private software as obsolete and inefficient
Open Source Software vs. Microsoft Empire Introduction “I think that to try to own knowledge, to try to control whether people are allowed to use it, or to try to stop other people from sharing it, is sabotage. It is an activity that benefits the person that does it at the cost of impoverishing all of society. One person gains one dollars by destroying two dollars’ worth of wealth. I think a person with a conscience wouldn’t do that sort of thing except perhaps if he would otherwise die.”
access via free license to a products design or blueprint, and b) universal redistribution of that design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by anyone” (Gerber, Molefe, and van der Merwe 2010) In the past fifteen years, the principles ‘Open Source’ have exploded into the software industry. (Open Source Initiative 2012; Weber 2004) Open software now rivals the market share and quality of closed, commercial products. (Spinellis 2008) Following the success of open software, the same
As illustrated above, open source licensing is becoming more and more dominant, especially as long as software is provided in a digital form. The purpose of this paper was to observe if and how the open source software licensing regime has challenged the protection granted to software under the intellectual property rights. In general, the outcome is that the distinct production and distribution model of open source licenses, while different, can be compatible with the legal framework of intellectual
would be the Linux and its properties. Linux is an operating system, much like any other operating system but with a dose of uniqueness, that is based on the model of custom and open source free software research and development as well as the flexible movement on the market. This system was meant to be free from the first time it was made and published. It happened to be that the Intel x86-based pc’s were the engaging shell for its market. Time passed and the Linux continued to develop on many new
inconsistent with the "Manifesto of Libertarian Communism"[5]. This answer produces a more troubling question. Was his speech against corporate America mere socialist babbling or was his speech part of something more sinister, a subversive cyber-communist movement? I am not the first to see possible communist subversion of the digerati[6]. Corey Winesett's "Are Linux Users Really Communists?"[7] questions the nature of the relationship, if any, between open source and communism. Scott Billings' "Heresy
The kernel of Android is based on Linux kernel which later was developed by Google (Karch). Its applications are written in java language as an open source code for developers. Also “Google is actively developing the platform but giving it away for free to hardware manufacturers and phone carriers who want to use Android on their devices” (Karch). The aim for creating Android and for making its source code opened was because they wanted to be sure that there won’t be any point of failure, and so no
Free software is designated software’s that provides users liberation and freedom of use. Open source softwares are free softwares which are designed by developers to be distributed free of cost for the benefit of community. These softwares also provide the code with which the user can modify and distribute the software under the same license. In order to understand about the freeware and how it started we need to start from beginning . In the era of 50 and 60 almost all the softwares along with
of open source software as part of a larger project. Example uses of this include incorporating existing publicly available source code within another piece of software. Because the term open source has such broad implications, I will attempt to explain it within the context of this paper. Open source code comes with many different licenses such as GPL, BSD, and MIT. I will describe the most popular licensing options and how they differ. Many companies believe open source software projects have an
Open source software is becoming more widespread as the IT industry expands. This type of software is great for the people that choose to build their own versions of applications. Some view this type of software to be unethical and crippling to companies that release programs in order to make a profit. Having access to the source code can benefit end-users in more ways than one and could potentially result in a better product. The idea behind open source software is that a program can be released
Open Source Software Through the years, technology has allowed many aspects of our lives to be enhanced and our standard of living increased. The creation of the computer, cell phone, internet and interactive software have caused the world to become more globalized and for information to become more accessible to the general public. As with any type of evolution, the standards of all technologies have been raised to accommodate our new needs for information and data processing. Open source software
Over the past few years a debate between Flash and HTML5 has been gaining more attention as HTML5 becomes more developed and polished. Flash has been the web standard for websites since the late 1990’s but HTML5 is quickly gaining ground and is considered by some as the standard of the “future”. Another aspect of the debate is whether or not we should go with open web standards or closed, Flash being the latter. Even though 85% of the most-visited websites run on flash, HTML5 is the future because
community regarding the difference in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) between the Linux and Open Source solutions on one side and Microsoft's proprietary Windows solutions on the other. Microsoft software is licenced to users on a feeforproduct basis, whereas most Linux and open source applications are available free of charge. There are, however, installation and support costs to consider. We will take all such costs into consideration in the models we present. While it is difficult to qualitatively analyse
“Ubuntu is probably the most well-known Linux distribution. Ubuntu is based on Debian, but it has its own software repositories. Much of the software in these repositories is synced from Debian’s repositories. The Ubuntu project has a focus on providing a solid desktop (and server) experience, and it isn’t afraid to build its own custom technology to do it. Ubuntu used to use
Open Source, or Free Software for Business Information Systems At first glance, the question above would probably lead you to believe that proprietary software should be the obvious choice when selecting between the different types simply because of the reference to the words most important. You could also look at the definitions of the three and be convinced that proprietary software seems to be more compelling than the rest. However, with the recent developments with software in general, I would
intermediate link between the technical and economic domains.... ... middle of paper ... ... GPL and use it without fees. However, they would have to pay a fee if they wanted a commercial version of the MySQL. Commercial MySQL software could be distributed with non-open source software, included a warranty from MySQL and came with a development support. MySQL used its open source status as a viral marketing vehicle to penetrate markets. It used the booming Internet successfully for marketing purposes. Also
has identified Linux as being a significant threat to Microsoft in the server market over the next few years. What is Linux and how is it making its impact on the server industry? This paper will answer these questions. Linux – What is it? Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds along with other developers in the industry. Linux is an independent POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) implementation and includes true multi-tasking, virtual memory, shared
endorsed by the Open Source Initiative for many open source projects. This license was designed with the intention of allowing users to handle programs that are linked to this license option with free access to the source code for a program. This is a program that may be beneficial to many people as it is free and easy to adjust. However, the freedom to work with this comes with a non-monetary price in that there are many concerns to see with regards to the compatibility of the system and its ability