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OpenSource

Software

Presentationto

SouthCentralLibrarySystemBoard

August11,

2008

ByTomZillner

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Verymuch

in

vogue

in

the

library

world

becauseofrecentdevelo ments

Discontinuationofsystems

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Manymisconceptions

surround

open

source

,

Misconception:

Open

Source

Software

is

free. Trut :Opensourceso tware so ten, utnot

always,totallyfreeofacquisitioncosts

Eventhoughitisfree,therearehiddencosts

.

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tenconditions

or

criteria.

Among

them:

.

Thesourcecode mustbeincludedorfreely.

Redistributionofmodificationsmustbeallowed.

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computerprograms

that

run

on

individual

,

computerinbetween.

,

programmerwritesitinahumanreadable

.sourcecode.

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computerscan

understand,

sometimes

calledobjectcode,andnosourcecodeisprovided. Thisiscalledproprietarysoftware.

Ifno

source

code

is

provided,

the

software

cannotbemodifiedbytheuser.

Softwareisoftenconsideredatradesecretby

itsdevelopers,

in

order

to

protect

it

from

illegalcopying(whichdecreasesincome).

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Sourcecode

is

provided.

,

theuser.

,

sourcecodeisneversecret,bydefinition.

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OpenSourcevs.FreeSoftware

TheFreeSoftwareMovement,initiatedby

RichardStallman

Sincefree

software

ma

be

freel

redistributed

its

acquisitionisgenerallyavailableatnocost.

Freeasinfreedom

Freeas

in

beer

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Includesthe

Linux

operating

system,

which

is

worldwide

Also includes the a ache web server also

foundworldwide

Perha s most im ortantl for libraries thereare

now

open

source

versions

of

integrated

librarysystems(ILSs).

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ofILSs

from

commercial

vendors.

extensible.

ommerc a ven orsmayno mp emen ea ures

requestedbyusers.

ey re

ree,

w y

no

use

s

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oumay e appyw yourcurren .

Youmaybehappywithtechsupportfrom

yourvendor.

Yourvendor

may

be

willing

to

provide

source

escrow.

Staffin issues

Hardware

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Thisis

aperfectly

good

reason

to

stay

with

your

.

However,youmaywanttoconductareview

processtodeterminewhatfeaturesyouneed

andwhich

systems

meet

these

specifications.

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Youmaybehappywithvendor

techsupport

Anothergoodreasontostaywithyourvendor.

Howevertech

su ort

for

o en

source

ILSs

is

obtainable.

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availableto

you

under

certain

conditions,

e.g.,

.

Wit opensourceso twaret isisnotanissue.

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staffingneeds

Hardwaresupport

,

(Althoughthesefunctionsmaybefilledbyfewer

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UsinganopensourceILSwillprobablynot

decreaseyourhardwarerequirements.

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,

offreedom,notbeer,becauseofcostsbeyond

,

costaswell.

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.

Acquisition costis

free

(as

in

beer).

T ereiso tenaca reo vo unteer

programmers

to

fix

bugs

and

add

features. Therearecompaniesthatsupportopen

sourceILSs.

Ongoingcosts

may

be

no

more,

and

otentiall farless thanthosefor ro rietar

software.18

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proprietarysystem

or

to

open

source)

there

Datamigration

Softwareconfigurationandoptionsetup

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TheTwoBestKnownOpenSource

ILSs

Koha

Ever reen

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,

cataloging,acquisitions,

serials,

reserves,

, ,

andmore.

librariesusingKoha.

rst

vers on

o

o a

eve ope

or

apu c

libraryinNewZealandandreleasedin1999.

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flexible,fault

tolerant

system

capable

of

supporting

theworkloadoflargelibrarysystemsandconsortia.

Includescirculation,cataloging,andstatistical

reporting. Mixofpublicandacademiclibraries

OriginallycreatedbytheGeorgiaPublicLibrary

Serviceto

support

the

PINES

Consortium.

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Kohais

supported

by

anumber

of

companies

theUSisLibLime.

,

homeoftheoriginalcreatorsofEvergreen.

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Fullymanagedsolutions

DevelopmentandCustomization

Trainin

andSu ort

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Testing

Migration

Deployment

Support

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Ibelieve,

like

many

others,

that

your

i rary s ata e ongstoyour i raryan

itspatrons.

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Datamay

be

locked

up

in

aproprietary

.

Access

to

the

data

may

be

only

through

preset

mec anismscontro e yt even or.

Freethebounddata!

Thiswill

allow

imaginative

use

of

it.

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uest ons

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Acknowledgement

SomeofthismaterialisfromWikipedia, thefountofall

knowledge(en.wikipedia.org).

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WisconsinLibraryServices

tzillner@wils.wisc.edu

(608)262

0047

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