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Properatiory Software – Def
Properatiory Software is nothing but software is available for selected users in binary form only
- no access to the source code any support is given by only the Properatior
- there are so many limitatation to end users
- you cannot share the software
- you cannot change the software
Open Source Software – Def
Open Source Software is nothing but software is available free to use but not only limited to use.
- you have access to the source code
- you can you can change customize the source code according to your needs
- distribute binaries source code
Benefits of Open Source Software
- low errors
- able to get different thought process and implement
- faster development
- stable products
- open to get new changes from community
Open Source Software giving rights to the consumers aka End Users
(GPL License giving 4 Rights)
- Where ever we can use
- Whatever you can change
- Sell or Giveaway
- Can Share the source code
Open Source Software – Emphasiszes Software freedom
Software is mixture of knownledge and science it should be open and owned by all of the human being ownership is not limited to a person / organization
Open Source Software – Oppurtunities of monitization
- you can give service for the software
- you can get money from installation service
- you can give online/offline support and can be charge for it
- you can charge for the customization you provide from open source software
History of GNU/Linux
Rise of GNU
Richard M Stallman (RMS) MIT AI Lab (1980s)
- Started from the Printer problem unable to manage queue
- RMS started to fight for software freedom
GNU = GNU Not Linux
Ensures 4 freedoms
- ** Use ** for any purpose
- ** Study ** and adapt(modify)
- ** Distribute ** free
- Distribute ** the modifed source**
GNU Project Starts With
- Compilers
- Editors
- Languages
- Network Tools
- Servers
- Databases
- Device Drivers
- Desktop Utilities
- Multimedia Apps
- Games
- Office Applications and more
Andruw S Thanebaum writes a book for minix book operating systems design and implementation which becomes inspration for Linus Torwards to create the Kernal named Linux
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Hariharan