The Web Economy/10

History of Open Source
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

 * Open Source was the original way software was written and shared among university students and professionals.
 * It was then closed by commercial vendors, forcing Richard Stallman to start the Free Software movement.
 * Open Source has evolved and mature with different players and philosophies.
 * This fine line between the two looks like a long religious one. Even the combination acronym FOSS that stands for Free and Open Source Software is not accepted by Stallman.

Discussion

 * Research on the statement that software was originally free.
 * How does such software companies make money back then?
 * What did Richard Stallman fight for and how is it different from Open Source ?
 * How is Microsoft working with Open Source?.

Activities

 * Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
 * Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
 * Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

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Notable Links to Resources
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Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)

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