About Open source

muralikris · 09-08-2012, 11:06 PM

Hi All,

Could someone please share about basics in open source.
I have good knowledge in Linux, but i would like to know more about open source.How can we categorise one software as an open source software.

suicidaleggroll · 09-08-2012, 11:48 PM

If the source code is free and open to the public, it's open source.

Most open source software in Linux is released under the GPL license, you can read more here:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html

chrism01 · 09-09-2012, 07:25 PM

There are some articles at www.eff.org, see also http://catb.org/esr/

Ztcoracat · 09-09-2012, 07:39 PM

Hi:

The GNU General Public License-
is a software license ensuring that the source code for any operating system remains freely
available for anyone that wants to examine, build on or improve upon it.

A man named (you can find him online) Mr. Richard Stallman developed and designed the GNU Project.

This wikipedia page should help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
And this website too-
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman