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OPEN SOURCEOPEN SOURCEBC Sitka & EvergreenBC Sitka & Evergreen
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G.W. Brian OwenG.W. Brian Owen
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Open Source: OED definitionOpen Source: OED definitionopen source a. Computing [first published, on the Internet on 8 February 1998, by E. S. Raymond in a revised version of his paper ‘The Cathedral and the Bazaar’; ‘[the term] was invented by Christine Peterson of the Foresight institute at a private meeting I ran a few days earlier’ (E. S. Raymond, private communication)], (chiefly attrib.) designating software for which the original program files used to compile the applications are available to users to be modified and redistributed as they wish.
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Key Open Source ConceptsKey Open Source Concepts
No chargeNo charge
Ability to modify and redistributeAbility to modify and redistribute
Open source software licensesOpen source software licenses
nn Copyright & attributionCopyright & attribution
nn Commercial useCommercial use
nn ContributeContribute
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LAMP & Other ExamplesLAMP & Other Examples
LLinux (operating system)
AApache (Web server)
MMySQL (rdbms)
PPerl and PHP (scripting/programming)
Mozilla Firefox (Web browser)
Open Office Suite (word processing, etc.)
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Why Open Source?Why Open Source?
Minimize costsMinimize costs
Participate in a communityParticipate in a community
Contribute to software developmentContribute to software development
CustomizeCustomize
Protect your investmentProtect your investment
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Free PuppyFree Puppy
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