Open AccessA review of Open Source Software and Open Source Movement in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Shyamalendu Kandar,
Sourav Mondal,
Palash Ray
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of computer science and informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2231-5292
DOI - 10.47893/ijcsi.2011.1017
Subject(s) - mit license , open source software , source code , computer science , software , backporting , software development , software engineering , context (archaeology) , license , software peer review , software construction , open source , software analytics , operating system , paleontology , biology
Open-source software abbreviated as OSS is computer software that is available with source code and is provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, and improve the software. For the commercial software the source code and certain other rights are normally reserved for copyright holders,i.e. the company who developes the software. A group of people in a collaborative manner often developes the Open source software, not under the roof of a large organization. This strategy makes open source software cheap, reliable and modifiable if needed. In this context we shall discuss mainly the features of Open Source Software, differences of open source and free software and open source software movement in Indian perspective.