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Introduction
Open source is a certification mark owned by the open source initiative (OSI) . Developers of software can use the Open Source trademark if their distribution terms conform to the OSI's Open Source definition.
Open source technology
Open Source technology can be defined as Computer Software for which the human-readable source code is made available under a copyright License for modification and redistribute them to other without any restriction
History
The open source label come out of a strategy session held on April 7,1998 in Palo Alto in reaction to Netscape's announcement of a source code release for Navigator.
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) was formed in February 1998 by Eric S. Raymond and Bruce Perens .
OSI presented the 'open source' case to commercial businesses . The OSI hoped that the usage of the label "open source," would eliminate ambiguity,
Open source vs. closed source
Open source software allow the user to modify the source code
Closed source software is hidden to prevent the user either view or changing the code
Closed source software is developed in isolation with a small team of developers .
Open source software is released to a development community. Suggestion and improvements are feedback to the developers for inclusion in his application
Advantages
Stability
Free software
Runs on old hardware
Online community help
Easier to customize
Disadvantages
Equivalent program
Technical ability needed
Not all hardware compatible
Standards can be enforced
Conclusion
Open source software offers opportunities and also disadvantages. The opportunities include having a vast pool of software talent with access to source code
The disadvantages include the risk of utilizing software that infringes intellectual property right