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What is Open Source Software?
- OSS is software which is available for free in source code form.
- Source code is the human readable form of computer programs.
The most common forms are in C, C++, Perl, Java, Python or TCL/Tk.
- Native Executables are created from the source code, and
used by end users.
- An Open Source license guarantees that you, the end user, will always
have access to the software in both source code and executable form.
- It is completely legal to use as many copies of OSS as you
like. It is also legal to give the software to others for their own
use, but you must give them the source code too.
- It is legal to make modifications to the software for your
own purposes. It is encouraged that such changes be contributed back
for possible incorporation in the code base and/or to be used by others.
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