Open source usually refers to software that is released with source code under a license that ensures that derivative works will also be available as source code, protects certain rights of the original authors, and prohibits restrictions on how the software can be used or who can use it.
How Open Source Software Is Developed
For those new to the idea of open source or unfamiliar with the way software gets developed, here's how it works most of the time:
- • One or more developers--meaning people who have the skills to create software--get an idea about creating software to solve a problem.
- • The developers start writing code to create a solution. This is frequently called "scratching an itch."
- • Usually the source code is published under one of several popular open source licenses that ensure that the source code and any derivative works remain open source.
- • Through an informal process
of sharing ideas, fiddling with each others'
codes, and trial and error, the software
gets better and better, sometimes changing
direction to solve new problems as new
people discover the software.
- • At some point, the software gets finished or doesn't. It becomes popular, stays obscure, or fades away. Programs like Linux and Apache have had thousands of contributors. Other projects have been created by one or two people.
- • As time goes on, developers come and go, and projects become active or dormant.
While much of open source development has focused on creating tools for software developers, an increasing amount of effort is being put into creating programs to solve less technical problems like publishing blogs or keeping track of skydiving activity.
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