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"Open Source" Facts (for those who may not already know)

Posted by Anonymous User at 2007-04-24 12:34 AM

Originally, the Open Source Definition "started life as a policy document of the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution. There are many inclusive licenses in the realm of Open Source Software. All of the licenses that are noted by this work have one feature in common which is "they each disclaim all warranties." The intention of this disclaimer is the protection of the owner of the software from liability connected to the software program." This is considered to be reasonable in that there is not sufficient revenue from the program for liability insurance and legal fees to be funded. Open source software is defined as software containing no royalty or other fee imposed upon the redistribution of the software; the source code is available; unlike with published essays or books, the right to create modifications and derivative works exists; it may require modified versions to be distributed as the original version plus patches, there is no discrimination against persons or groups contained in the software as well as no discrimination against fields of endeavor; all rights granted must flow through to and with redistributed versions; the license applies to the program as a whole and each of its components, and the license must not restrict the other software thus permitting the distribution of open source and closed source software together. Open source software is defined as: any software program that has a source code which is made available for its' use or modification as developers or other users see fit and it is generally developed in the manner of public collaboration and thereby made available freely. Open Source is also a certification mark that is owned by the OSI or Open Source Initiative and it is intended to be share both freely and even as an improved and redistributed version by others who abide by the distribution terms of the Open Source Initiative's Definition. This software is such that may be distributed or redistributed to other parties without any encumbrances of restrictions. Furthermore the source code must be available for the party receiving the software to possess the capability of improvement or modification of the software.

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Posted by Anonymous User at 2007-12-18 08:35 PM

Good writing

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