Department of Computing and Library Information Science
College of Engineering and Computing
University of Southern Mindanao
Kabacan, Cotabato
SITTIE JAIRIEL JEAN MURRAY
IV - BSCS - A
Mrs . Catherine Daffon
October 19, 2017
INTRODUCTION
Free and open-source software also known as FOSS is a software developed by an informal collaborative network of a programmer. The source code is licensed free of charge. It refers to limited restriction on user as well as no cost at all. The rising popularity of FOSS has been gaining on widely market because of its no restriction on user that can anyone see, inspect and modify and enhance.
Source code (according to TechTarget) is the fundamentals component of a computer program that is created by a programmer/developer. It is a section of a software that the computer user don’t see. It is a code that the programmer manipulate to create and
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Propriety Software or widely known as Commercially Available Software from word itself “Propriety” thus software is owned by a certain individual or company. It has many restriction to before can able to use it features and can 100% access it and its code is kept secret.
The First Advantage of FOS is Cost. One of the biggest problem of user to propriety software is paying worths of dollars for a licensing fee and monthly fees is excluded in licensing fee it is additional payment . Since it is for sale by developers to make a living or to establish or to establish their certain company. They charge to access their product, and some cases the amount of licensing fee is expensive and many users can’t afford it. While on the other handful is cheap and generally available with no cost at all so can so that the user have can able to afford it without losing a
This is software or material that is available with the source, this allows users to copy the material and modify the material, the reason for this is because the creators would believe that if someone can edit the material for themselves it will be more useful to another persona and will also allow less
You are a support agent for Bug-Free Software Limited, which develops customized software for businesses on a contract basis. You receive the following email message from a large client:
The phrase “enterprise” has two basic connotations, the first one is simple it is another way of saying business. One thing that people will notice is that they will come about this phrase enterprise when they are looking up or reading up ways to startup businesses. Secondly and probably the most important one of the two uses of the phrase, enterprise is a way of describing the actions of people who display initiative by going out into the real world and take risks by setting up, investing and starting up a business (Mariotti & Glackin, 2015). This paper is going to focus on free enterprise, the advantages and disadvantages of free enterprise.
costs. Use the ITT Tech Virtual Library to research the costs and benefits of allowing free
Based on Davidson and Kumagai’s (2008) article, list three advantages and risks associated with open source software.
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For the last 4 years, many diverse community members have applied to join OPS, but unfortunate, there was no success. The reason(s) unknown! We are requesting the chief to audit hiring processes, background checks, psychology and interviews to make sure there is no systematic barriers in hiring processes
While researching the Open Source Software topic I found a wealth of information in the internet as well as many technical periodicals but, was most intrigued by the work of Richard M. Stallman in the book Free Software Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, which will be used as on of the references in this research. An interesting point found in Mr. Stallman book is that most people hear the work Open Source Software and they immediately think Linux. While the
With an open source program, anybody can create for the program, giving it a much bigger foundation for designers and gives them a greater sense of proprietorship as they can change whatever they like (Sacks, 2015).
Software has become an integral part of our society. The economic success of our country depends on the success of the software industry. ``Open source ' ' software, software which users are allowed to modify and redistribute, is a very important part of the software industry
Free software is free, users can change code, and source code is available to anyone.
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This paper takes an in depth look at the claims from Microsoft that FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) committed patent infringement in 2006. It also discusses how the events have impacted FOSS, whether negatively or positively and how the actions have changed both since 2006.
A software license is usually an agreement that grants a right to use software code to someone else. A license usually grants less rights than a sale of a copy of the software. A computer activist Richard Stallman who is believes software licensing is antisocial because it prohibits the growth of technology by keeping information away from the neighbors. The prohibition on subsequent transfers hinders economic efficiency by keeping second-generation buyers and sellers apart and the restrictions on the use of products stifle entrepreneurialism and innovation.