The FOSS Concept

Hai friends,

                

               In this post we are going to see What is FOSS?What it provides?and What is the FOSS Concept?.First let us see,What is a foss?

WHAT IS FOSS?

               FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software.As far as my concern,LEARN- DEVELOP - DEPLOY is the motto of FOSS.

What FOSS Provides?

              SERVE  : FOSS provides full freedom to use the software to meet your own requirements.

              STUDY : FOSS provides freedom to Study and modify the software.

              SHARE : FOSS provides freedom to Redistribute the modified as well as original version of the   software.

FOSS CONCEPT:

• The term FREE refers to FREEDOM not the cost
• It does not mean no cost it refers to the fact that the software is free of any conditions (or) rules.

The software provides the following four freedoms:

1. Gives full freedom to meet one's own requirements.(i.e) can be used for any purpose
2. to study the software
3. to modify the software
4. to redistribute the modified (or) original versions of the software.

We will see about the types of software in my next post.Feel free to post your comments.

Regards

IRTT-FOSS Team 

MS2OSS

Hai friends! All must be confused with my post title!!!!I'l explain the meaning behind that, MS-MICROSOFT and OSS-OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. Now i'l hope you understand my point.I mean :

                              MICROSOFT SOFTWARE'S 2 OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE'S

I hope,every one know about the Microsoft.I'll accept Microsoft producing products that are very much user friendly because of it's GUI feature.But,think! They are charging you what ever you do right?And you need a permission from him to do a modification in his product.Why to depend on that particular Microsoft again and again?Our dependency towards a particular products which is from a closed vendor reduces our freedom and makes us to learn what he provides!!!!!

Now,that's time for a change! Come on! let us quit the software's from closed vendors and let us try with the free available software's from open vendors.

                      GET READY FOR THE WAR BETWEEN MS AND OSS

Terms:
             There is a difference between free software and open source software:

• The free software or freeware is supplied and redistributed for free as per the author's request.No additional license is needed to redistribute.
• The open source comes with full of freedom and you can do what ever you want.
• A open source software can be defined as the software that comes along with the source code.
• You can do what ever you want in the source code and develop a new software.You can supply the software with your modification to any no. of persons.
• The only restriction in open source you cannot get a copyright to a software that is supplied as the open source.
• The open software ranges from OPERATING SYSTEM to SMALL UTILITY software's.
• Examples:

        1.UBUNTU-OS

        2.INFRA-RECORDER-Utility

I will tell more about open source in my future post.

Regards

Gautham

Welcome

Hai friends,
            
               FOSS stands for FREE and OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE.The main motto of creating this blog is to share our knowledge about the FOSS.So,please support us by posting the contents related to FOSS.

Regards

IRTT-FOSS team