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History of Open Source

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

  • Open Source was the original way software was written and shared among university students and professionals[1].
  • It was then closed by commercial vendors, forcing Richard Stallman to start the Free Software movement.
  • Open Source has evolved and mature with different players and philosophies[2].

Discussion

  • Research on the statement that software was originally free.
  • How does such software companies make money back then?
  • What did Richard Stallman[3] fight for and how is it different from Open Source?

Activities

  • Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
  • Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
  • Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/bsdl-gpl/history.html
  2. ↑ http://static.userland.com/userLandDiscussArchive/msg019844.html
  3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

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Sub-Pages

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