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Free and Open Source Software
Free and open source software (FOSS) allows users to freely use, study, and modify the software, promoting collaboration and improvement. Unlike proprietary software, which has restricted access to source code, FOSS emphasizes freedom and transparency, with many alternatives available for popular proprietary programs. Despite common myths, open source software offers advantages such as cost-effectiveness, high customizability, and reliability, contributing to its growing popularity in the tech industry.
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Introduction to F.O.S.S., defines free and open source software, contrasts proprietary software.
List of proprietary software and their open source alternatives like Linux Mint and Firefox.
Clarifies concepts of Free Software vs. Open Source Software and their moral and usage implications.
Dispel common myths about FOSS including reliability and the assumption of free support.
Outlines benefits of open source like availability of source code, cost-effectiveness, and vendor independence.
Discusses the collaborative nature of open source development and its impact.
Overview of Linux as a leading open source OS, its origins, and popularity in supercomputers.
Lists popular open source programming languages like Python and PHP and their uses.
Focus on Apache as a widely used open source web server.
Closing statements on the importance of FOSS, its role in collaboration, and licenses.
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- 1. FREE AND OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE
- 2. WHAT IS F.O.S.S.? Free and open source software can be classified as free software and open source software.That is anyone is freely licensed to use, study and change the software in any way. The source code is openly shared so that the people freely are encouraged to voluntarily improve the design of software. This is in contrast to proprietary software, where the software is under restrictive copyright and the source code is hidden from the user, so that the right holders (the software publishers) can sell binary executable file.
- 3. FREE & OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE There are two terms to separate “free” and “open source” in FOSS. Free as in freedom of speech not as in free things. Open mainly points to Open Source Code of the program, available for others. So free and open source software is in some ways free but the source code is available for analysis.
- 4. OPEN SOURCE ALTERNATIVES Proprietaryprograms Microsoft Windows Internet explorer or Google Chrome Microsoft Office Adobe Photoshop iTunes andWindows media player skype Open source alternative Linux Mint or BOSS Linux Firefox or Chromium Open Office or Neo Office GIMP Songbird andVLC media player QuteCom
- 5. FREE SOFTWARE ANDOPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE free software free software is a software for which every one has a right not only to inspect and study the source code but also to use it for any desired purpose without monitory or other restriction. free software is a good, morally right, thing to do. open source software open source is a software whose source code is freely available. that is with out any requirement for payment or any other obstacles for any one to inspect and study. Open source software is more or less indifferent to moral issues concerning software sharing.
- 6. MYTHS ABOUT OPENSOURCE (FOSS STANDS FOR FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE) FOSS is free. FOSS isn't reliable or supported. Making a software open source, anyone can change it. The open source license is too liberal. if you make your software open source, volunteer coders will fix all of your problems for free.
- 7. ADVANTAGES OF OPENSOURCE Availability of source code. 1. source code to understand and learn from. 2. do not have to reinvent the wheels. 3. free as in freedom Less dependent on vendor 1. can choose additional support. 2. can fix bugs and adopt to change in requirements as well as technology. Quality and customizability in open source is better. Costs is much less than proprietary softwares.
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- 9. LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM Linux is a computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. originated in GNU Project, initiated in 1983 by Richard Stallman, in the free software foundation. More than 90% of today's supercomputers use Linux. It powers around 4.8% of today's modern computers.Thousands of distributers are available like. 1. Debian 2. Open SUSE 3. Fedora 4. BOSS Linux
- 10. OPEN SOURCE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES open source programming language are those that are released under open source licenses open source programming languages are Perl a general purpose programming languages. PHP a scripting language suited for web . Python a general purpose programming languages. Ruby a general purpose programming languages. PHDL hardware discription language used for PC board design. Tk/Tcl a scripting language.
- 11. POPULARITY OF APACHEWEBSERVER
- 12. CONSLUSION FOSS givescommon platform for sharing ideas and putting them into action by developers or other people who wishes to improve a product/software. We are in open source revolution where people collaborate to create, produce software or technology. Based upon the key advantage of open source technology, we can finally conclude the open source deserves the increasing popularity. GNU General Public Licenses http://www.gnu.org Open source licenses http://opensource.org/licenses Open source initiative and information http://opensource.org Repository of open source software http://sourceforge.net open source software development http://github.com