This entry is about the impact the Open Source movement is having in many different fields of our lives. The term "open source" refers to something that can be modified because its design is publicly accessible.

While it originated in the context of computer software development, today the term "open source" designates a set of values—what we call the open source way. Open source projects, products, or initiatives are those that embrace and celebrate open exchange, collaborative participation, rapid prototyping, transparency, meritocracy, and community development.


What is open source?

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Chronology (Gerrit & Flo)

Past

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Present

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The future

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Important people

Linus Torvalds Christine Peterson Richard Stallman Tim O'Reilly

Applications

Software

like computer-software (see here for a long list of open source software on Wikipedia: List of free and open-source software packages or open-source-games (see here for a list on Wikipedia: List of open-source video games on Wikipedia)

Computer hardware

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Digital content

Abschnitt über usw: -wikipedia
-duolingo
-ted

Science and engineering

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Other

Foodstuff

cocktails or recieps for example chefkoch.de [1]


Fashion

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Medicine

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Government

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Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free software.
  • Continually evolving.
  • Modability of software.
  • Tailor the software to your needs.
  • Crowdsourcing

Cons

  • Not a lot of support if problems occur. You need to rely on user forums.
  • Less security.
  • Requires technical Knowhow.
  • The project are never really complete.

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The open source community

free software =/ open source

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From the Free Software Foundation:

A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential freedoms:
  • The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
  • The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
  • The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
  • The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to other. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
Differences between Free Software and Open Source:
In practice, open source stands for criteria a little weaker than those of free software. As far as we know, all existing free software would qualify as open source. Nearly all open source software is free software, but there are exceptions. First, some open source licenses are too restrictive, so they do not qualify as free licenses. Fortunately, few programs use those licenses.
Second, and more important, many products containing computers (including many Android devices) come with executable programs that correspond to free software source code, but the devices do not allow the user to install modified versions of those executables; only one special company has the power to modify them. We call these devices “tyrants”, and the practice is called “tivoization” after the product where we first saw it. These executables are not free software even though their source code is free software. The criteria for open source do not recognize this issue; they are concerned solely with the licensing of the source code. -- Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software, by Richard Stallman.

GNU/Linux

Debian

Ubuntu

GNU

absolutely free operating system

blag is an operating system. blag has a suite of graphics, internet, audio, video, office, and peer to peer file sharing applications. you can replace a windoz installation with blag. if you would like to install and run blag, download and burn it to cd.

Dragora is a trustworthy GNU/Linux-Libre distribution based on the concept of simplicity with the goal of being a multi-purpose operating system. Dragora respects the freedom of the user with the values of free software and provides control to those who use it. It is developed entirely by volunteers and it is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

Dyne-bolic is one of the GNU/Linux distributions recommended by the Free Software Foundation: no proprietary software is inside, no closed source firmware. You are free to study, modify, redistribute and even sell this operating system, as long you grant the same freedom to others.

gNewSense is a fully free software GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian, with sponsorship from the FSF.

Musix, a GNU+Linux distribution based on Knoppix, with special emphasis on audio production.

Parabola GNU/Linux, a distribution based on Arch that prioritizes simple package and system management.

Trisquel, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that's oriented toward small enterprises, domestic users and educational centers.

Ututo XS, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Gentoo. It was the first fully free GNU/Linux system recognized by the GNU Project.

Other operating system

References

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