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Understand the different kinds of software and the principles of Open Source Software. How was Free Software License created? How does Open Source works? How does people make money out of Open Source Software? What about security in FOSS? Why Open Source can achieve more than proprietary software? Presented during the FOSS week celebration at USJ-R Cebu University.
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Open Source Software, community matters
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Open Source Software, community mattersLuc Bézier, @Luukyb
Who am I?
Open Source Software, community mattersLuc Bézier, @Luukyb
Who am I?
Open Source Software, community mattersLuc Bézier, @Luukyb
Freelance web, exclusively Drupal projects and Open Source.
Twitter @[email protected]
Who am I?
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Free Software
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Free software, refers to freedom,
not to free as in “price”.
Free Software
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Richard Stallman
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End of 1983 and the creation of the GNU project / GNU general license
Richard Stallman
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Richard Stallman
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Richard Stallman had a printer, but the software for it was not working.
He wanted to modify it, but couldn’t access the source code.
Richard Stallman
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He created the GNU Project, and used for his operating system
another free and open source software, the kernel created by Linus Torvalds.
Linus Torvalds
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Linus Torvalds
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“Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.”
The GNU General Public License (GPL) is the public license initiated by Stallman.
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Kinds of Software
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• Proprietary software (Closed software)• Shareware (Trial version)• Adware (Free to use with Ads)• Freeware (Free to use)• Free Software / Open Source Software
Copyright VS Community
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Proprietary software, or closed software
“software licensed under exclusive legal right”
Copyright VS Community
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Closed software are restricting the right to software.
Restrictions by licenseRestrictions by modificationRestrictions by redistribution
Copyright VS Community
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Proprietary VS Freedom
Copyright VS Community
Open Source Software
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Free to useFree to study the source code
Free to change the source codeFree to distribute
Free to use
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You will not pay any license fee to download and the software.
You will not be limited by a license.
Free to study the source code
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You are free to open and study the entire source code
and learn from it.
Be fully aware of the software you wish to use.
Free to change the source code
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You can modify and change the code of the software to make it
perfect for you and your use case.
Free to distribute
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You are free to distribute it the way you wish.Distribute it as Open Source, or sell it.No need to ask anyone for permission.
The (full) Open Source Definition
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1. Free Redistribution2. Source Code3. Derived Works4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor7. Distribution of License8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
Community is quality
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Community is quality
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1. Software > Published for free2. Community improve the software with new
features3. Community fixes the bugs4. Community document the software (not only in
english)
Contributors? Maintainers?
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A contributor is someone who will improve, or correct the open source software.
A maintainer will select which changes to integrate to the software.
Branch? Fork?
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A branch is an alternative version of the original software. These changes can be integrated later
to the original software.In a fork, the changes will not be be integrated
later into the original software.
What about security?
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• Peer review• Transparency in process• Mature projects do have a security team
How can people earn money?
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The general idea:• No license fees• By working together, we improve the quality
and the software gets mature• No license costs + Better quality = Profit
The challenges of Open Source
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1. Community is not automatic
2. Contributors are few
Community is not automatic
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Community and contributors comes with popularity of the software.
Contributors are few
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Even if your project is used by millions of people, it is nothing without contributors.
Contributors are few
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Drupal runs 1 million websites, and had 10,091 contributors to Drupal 7 (on release date, excluding modules).
Open Source Software
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Open source can achieve better than closed software by getting people to share and work
together.
And it’s often by chance!
Success by community and chance
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Linus Torvalds released the linux kernel as a project “for fun”.
Success by community and chance
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There was seven collaborative encyclopedias
before wikipedia.
Success by community and chance
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Dries Buytaert created Drupal as a web board to share with
other students from his university.
Open Source as a developer
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1. Free to try and test2. Fully understand your tool3. Get help and learn for free4. Contribute and help others
Get involved
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Get involved. It’s free too !
• Download an open source project• Join a local group / meetup• Help documentation• Report bugs
Get involved
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Some local free events in Cebu:• Python, PizzaPy• Drupal meetup, Drupal Beer&Chat Infos on: Meetup.com
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