The Web Economy/History of Open Source
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[2].
- Open Source has evolved and mature with different players and philosophies[3].
- This fine line between the two looks like a long religious one. Even the combination acronym FOSS that stands for Free and Open Source Software[4] is not accepted by Stallman.
Discussion
- Research on the statement that software was originally free.
- How does such software companies make money back then?
- What did Richard Stallman[5] fight for and how is it different from Open Source[6]?
- How is Microsoft working with Open Source?[7].
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
- ↑ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/bsdl-gpl/history.html
- ↑ http://www.gnu.org/gnu/the-gnu-project.html
- ↑ http://static.userland.com/userLandDiscussArchive/msg019844.html
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_terms_for_free_software
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
- ↑ http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-software-for-freedom.html
- ↑ http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/
Links to Student Notes
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Notable Links to Resources
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Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)