[Koha] Chat: very good description of Open Source software

[Narcis Garcia]

This blog's article introduces serious confusions about FOSS movement.
Table reflects poor study when classifies Linux (and not GNU) as an
operating system, while Android is Linux-based too.

"Open source" only means consumers can see the design. Nothing more
about freedom. Many JavaScript programs can be understood as Open Source
while them are proprietary-licensed.

"Proprietary software is created and sold by a corporation" -> Same as
RedHat Linux, Virtuozzo, QCAD, etc. (all FOSS)

"Open source software (OSS) is created by a community of software
developers (programmers)" -> Most of OSS and FOSS programs are created
by a single person per project.

With the 4 enumerated freedoms it tries to simulate equality between OSS
and FOSS and "free as in beer".



El 18/07/18 a les 19:19, King, Fred ha escrit:
> This popped up in a weekly digest of tweets I get from the US National Institutes of Health. It's a couple of years old, but it's a great description of Open Source software-what it is, why it's free, and why you should use it. It might be useful for someone trying to persuade their organization to switch to Koha.
> 
> https://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/2016/08/05/so-what-is-open-source-exactly/
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