Free and Open source software


Abstract:

Free and open source software (F/OSS, FOSS) is software that is liberally licensed to
grant the right of users to use, study, change, redistribute, and improve its design through
the availability of its source code.

Free and open-source software is inclusive terms which covers both free software and
open source software both have different cultures and philosophies. Free software focuses
on the philosophical freedom for users while open so ....etc

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PURPOSE OF GOOGLE CHROME
Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or chrome, of web browsers. As of July 2011, Chrome was the third most widely used browser with 22.14% worldwide usage share of web browsers, according to StatCounter.
In September 2008, Google released a large portio ....etc

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Open Source Software



What is Open Source Software (OSS)?

OSS: software licensed to users with these freedoms:
to run the program for any purpose,
to study and modify the program, and
to freely redistribute copies of either the original or modified program (without royalties, etc.)
Original term: Free software (confused with no-price)
Other synonyms: libre sw, free-libre sw, FOSS, FLOSS
OSS most common in DoD (I often use FLOSS to non-DoD)
Antonyms: proprietary software, cl ....etc

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The CAD Library or PCB library
Presented By: Tom Hausherr
Director of Technology PCB Libraries, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

Every electronic component requires a solder land pattern for PCB layout. The solder pattern can be placed into two categories ..

Meet all the industry standard requirements for the sole purpose of electronic product automation.

2. Fail to meet the industry standard requirements and create electronic product creation chaos ....etc

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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA

INTRODUCTION

By the existing social media boom on Internet, sharing acquaintance has become further collective and easy accessible.
In the field of system science, the systems thinking methodology is practiced before the traditional approach, in order to get a better understandings of a problem or for creating a model of a specific system. The proposed model in this paper uses a systems thinking approach to understand the combined character of tw ....etc

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Open IPTV Forum Overview Presentation

Presentation Build Up

The business of OIPF, overview if you are a business audience

Detailed view:

The work of OIPF, detailed, if you are a technical audience

Regional aspecs

Key messages towards our different constituancies ....etc

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open source and free software




what is open source software?

Open Source software is distributed with its source code. The Open Source Definition has three essential features:
It allows free re-distribution of the software without royalties or licensing fees to the author
It requires that source code be distributed with the software or otherwise made available for no more than the cost of distribution
It allows anyone to modify the software or derive other software from it, and to ....etc

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How can Academic Software Research and Open Source Software
Development help each other



Abstract

In this paper we discuss a few issues faced in
coordinating, managing and implementing academic
software research projects and suggest how some of
these issues can be addressed by adopting tools and
processes form Open Source Software Development.
At the same time we also discuss how a few issues in
Open Source Software Development (OSSD) projects
can be addressed by adopting process ....etc

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Open Source Library Management System Software



INTRODUCTION

LIBRARY is defined as a place in which books,
manuscripts, recordings, films, or reference materials are
kept for private or public uses. Typically, a library must
be able to handle some housekeeping information such as
acquisition, interlibrary loan, cataloging, circulation, serials
management, statistical reports and references. A library
management system software package is designed especially
to handle such housekeep ....etc

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Free/Open Source Software in CUSAT: A Success Story
G. Santhosh Kumar
Department of Computer Science,
Cochin University of Science and Technology
E-mail : [email protected]
Abstract
Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) concept is
very important in the academic community. The open
philosophy of FOSS is consistent with academic
freedom and the open dissemination of knowledge and
information in academia. FOSS can lower the barriers
to access of ICTs by reducing the cost of the software.
This article discusses the success story of
CUSAT's ad ....etc

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