An Introduction to Open Source Software

An Introduction to Open Source Software Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission

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To be Open Source it must have…
Free Redistribution (sort of)
Source Code
Derivitive Works
Integrity of The Author's Source Code
No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
Distribution of License
License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
License Must Not Restrict Other Software
License Must Be Technology-Neutral

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Why now? http://www.flickr.com/photos/drp/47876071/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitsa_sakurako/1407449118/ “ Linux is a cancer” –Steve Balmer, Microsoft CEO

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Thank you!
Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission
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Special thanks to Julian Clark of the Georgetown University Law Library for content and inspiration.

An Introduction to Open Source Software

by Nebraska Library Commission on Apr 21, 2008

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