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History of Open Source

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

  • Open Source was the original way software was written and shared among university students and professionals[1].
  • It was then closed by commercial vendors, forcing Richard Stallman to start the Free Software movement[2].
  • Open Source has evolved and mature with different players and philosophies[3].
  • This fine line between the two looks like a long religious one. Even the combination acronym FOSS that stands for Free and Open Source Software[4] is not accepted by Stallman.

Discussion

  • Research on the statement that software was originally free.
  • How does such software companies make money back then?
  • What did Richard Stallman[5] fight for and how is it different from Open Source[6]?
  • How is Microsoft working with Open Source?[7].

Activities

  • Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
  • Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
  • Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/bsdl-gpl/history.html
  2. ↑ http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html
  3. ↑ http://static.userland.com/userLandDiscussArchive/msg019844.html
  4. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_terms_for_free_software
  5. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
  6. ↑ http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-software-for-freedom.html
  7. ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/

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