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Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Jaganadh GProject Lead NLP R&D
365Media Pvt. [email protected]
365Corporate Solutions LLP,Coimbatore
22 January 2011
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Introduction
FOSS
Free and open-source software (F/OSS, FOSS) or free/libre/open-sourcesoftware (FLOSS) is software that is liberally licensed to grant the rightof users to use, study, change, and improve its design through theavailability of its source code.In the context of free and open source software, free refers to thefreedom to copy and re-use the software, rather than to the price of thesoftware. The Free Software Foundation, an organization that advocatesthe free software model, suggests that, to understand the concept, oneshould ”think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer”.
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
History
In 1950’s,60’s and 70’s there was freedom of computing
Late 90’s the scenario changed
In the 1970s AT&T distributed early versions of UNIX. 1979 theystarted selling
In 1983, Richard Stallman launched the GNU Project
In 1989, the first version of the GNU General Public License waspublished
The Linux kernel, started by Linus Torvalds, was released as freelymodifiable source code in 1991. It was based on AST’s Minix
1998: Open Source Initiative(OSI) founded.
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
FOSS Development Model
The FOSS development model is called ”Bazzar” model
Internet driven development
Community Driven development ans support
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Open Source Philosophy and Other fields
The FOSS philosophy has been influenced by other fields also
Open Document Format
Open Movie
Open Access Journal
Open Books ......................
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Why Open Source should come to Education?
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Open Source Initiatives in Coimbatore
Anna University Coimbatore Introduces FOSS in the Syallabus
Corporates in Coimbatore adopts FOSS (Including 365Media)
Indian Linux User’s Group Coimbatore startedhttp://ilugcbe.techstud.org
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Questions ??
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
Finally
Jaganadh G Introduction to Free and Open Source Software
