FOSS - Free and Open Source Software - Training Module...

 

FOSS - Free and Open Source Software - Training Module...

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Introduction to FOSS:

(Free and open-source software)

Free Open Source Software (FOSS), sometimes also called just Open Source or Free Software, is software that is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute. Most FOSS licenses also include a kind of legal Golden Rule that requires any changes, such as fixes and enhancements, to be released under the same license. This creates the all important trust in developers and users that generates large, sustainable communities that continue to grow the software capability over time

Open Source Software

Now as we know what free is, we need to know about what does Open Source Software mean.

Software is considered to be Open Source when its source code is available to the public and anyone can have access to it, view it, modify it or use it.

There are times when people get confused with the term FOSS, not every free software is open source and not every open source software can be free (Some might ask money to provide its source code and also for any changes you make in it).

Opposite to FOSS is Proprietary and CSS.

Proprietary:

Various confinements on use, encapsulated in EULAs (End User License Agreements) – e.g., what number of occurrences can be run without a moment's delay, what machines can run on, illicit to figure out, what number of customers can interface, need actuation, and so forth.

Closed Source Software:

just a twofold/executable form of the program is given can't look at nor edit the code.

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