Welcome to

Open Source
Terminologies

Prepared by:Sumit Kumar

Gupta
PGT (Computer
With Help of:- Science)
Archana Bisoi Kv no.1,1st
Shift,BBSR
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Free Software and Open Source

Software
FREE SOFTWARE

freely accessible
freely used,
changed, improved,
copied & distributed
requires no payment
emphasis on
freedom

OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE
freely used
does not have to be
free of charge
source code is freely
available to customer
emphasis on
technical progress

Open Source Software

Terminologies pertaining to
OSS

OSS & FLOSS

GNU
FSF
OSI
W3C
Proprietary Software
Freeware
Shareware

OSS & FLOSS

OSS- Open Source Softwaresource code is available to

customers- can be modified &
redistributed without any
limitation
FLOSS- Free Libre and Open
Source Software- refers to
software which is both free
software and open source
software

GNU (GNUs Not Unix)

Emphasizes on
freedom
Objective- to create
a system compatible
to Unix but not
identical to it
Offers a wide range
of software
(applications,
operating system)

FSF (Free Software

Foundation)

Non-profit
organization
created in 1985
Supports free
software movement
& GNUs project
Works on legal &
structural issues for
the free software
community.

OSI (Open Source

Initiative)

Organization
dedicated to cause
of promoting OSS
Specifies criteria
for OSS and
properly defines
the terms &
specifications of
OSS.

Proprietory Software

Neither open nor freely available

Use is regulated
Further distribution & modification
forbidden
Source code is normally not
available.

Freeware

Software available
free of cost
Allows copying and
further distribution,
not modification
Source code not
available
Distributed in binary
form without any
licensing fee
e.g. Microsoft
Internet Explorer

Shareware

Right to redistribute
copies
For use after trial
period, a license fee
to be paid
Source code not
available
Modifications not
allowed
Distributed in
binary form