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What is Open Source?
Bart Van Loon
2nd April 2009
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The next 45 minutes. . .
1 Open SourceWhat is it?Background and HistoryWhy use it?How to use it?
2 Legal FrameworkOpen Source LicensesSimilarities with commercial licensesDifferences with commercial licenses
3 Open Source around youEuropeBelgiumSchoten
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Who am I?
Bart Van Loon
1989 – 1999: lived in Schoten
2003: introduced to OpenSource
2005: studied ComputerScience, Mathematics, ArtificialIntelligence
2006: started first company(Picture by Pitslamp.be)
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Zeropoint.IT
facilitates software development outsourcing to Pakistan
strong focus on Open Source software and philosophy
international company, running for 99% on Open Sourceinfrastructure
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What is it?
Open SourceIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a. . .
Kind of Technology?
Movement?
Software Distribution Model?
Business Model?
Software License Property?
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What is it?
Open SourceIs it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a. . .
Kind of Technology?
Movement?
Software Distribution Model?
Business Model?
Software License Property!
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Background and History
Some HistoryOnce upon a time. . .
1984: GNU project of Richard Stallman at MIT
1985: start of Free Software Foundation
1991: First release of Linux kernel by Linus Torvalds
1993: Development of sourceforge.net
1994: Red Hat is founded (commercial support anddistribution of GNU/Linux)
1995: Community starts on Apache Web server
1998: Term “Open Source” is coined
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Background and History
BackgroundFLOSS?
Confusion about the name: Free Software.
Free <vs> Free ?
It’s about Freedom ⇒ Libre!
or was it “Open Source”?
FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software
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Background and History
BackgroundFLOSS?
Confusion about the name: Free Software.
Free <vs> Free ?
It’s about Freedom ⇒ Libre!
or was it “Open Source”?
FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software
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Background and History
BackgroundFLOSS?
Confusion about the name: Free Software.
Free <vs> Free ?
It’s about Freedom ⇒ Libre!
or was it “Open Source”?
FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software
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Background and History
BackgroundFLOSS?
Confusion about the name: Free Software.
Free <vs> Free ?
It’s about Freedom ⇒ Libre!
or was it “Open Source”?
FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software
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Background and History
BackgroundFLOSS?
Confusion about the name: Free Software.
Free <vs> Free ?
It’s about Freedom ⇒ Libre!
or was it “Open Source”?
FLOSS: Free/Libre/Open Source Software
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Why use it?
Why use Open Source?(from a user’s perspective)
It’s all about freedom!
1 Use
2 Study
3 Modify
4 Distribute
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How to use it?
How to use Open SourceNobody is telling you what to do!
Hire a professional!
You have the freedom tochoose the best one. . .
and to change your mindafterwards.
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Open Source Licenses
Open Source LicensesThe ten commandments
Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code.
1 Free Redistribution
2 Source Code
3 Derived Works
4 Integrity of The Author’s Source Code
5 No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
6 No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
7 Distribution of License
8 License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
9 License Must Not Restrict Other Software
10 License Must Be Technology-Neutral
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Open Source Licenses
Open Source LicensesTwo big families
GPL
four freedoms
obligation to ensurethat these four thingshold true for the nextperson you give it to
“viral”
BSD
four freedoms
gives you the right todecide what rights tobundle with thesoftware
“freeer”
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Similarities with commercial licenses
What’s the same?A lot!
Respect for ownership
It’s all about granting andretaining rights
Governed by the same laws!
Sometimes they just don’tfit
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Differences with commercial licenses
What’s the same?A lot!
Different goal: copyleft
Developers invented it
No acceptance procedures
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Europe
Open Source in EuropeIt’s all over the place!
Big governments try“The European Commission is placing open standards and open-source software at thecentre of its efforts to promote interoperable e-government services with a new workingpaper introduced this month.” — ZDNet
Small governments do“Nearly half of European local government bodies are using open source software whilenearly a third don’t know that they are using open source at all.” — The Register
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Belgium
Open Source in BelgiumFrom the federal government to a huge conference
Open Standards for the futureFrom September 2008 onwards, all document exchanges within the services of the BelgianGovernment will have to be in an open, standard format. Only ODF is accepted as such astandard.
FOSDEM
“5000+ geeks, 200+ lectures, 2 days, 0 e”
Profoss“Profoss wants to give a good idea of the whole ICT market and let you comparetraditional solutions to open source solutions. We take a pragmatic look at the market,and you get the information you need!”
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Schoten
Open Source in SchotenJan Verlinden is the man!
Didn’t go unnoticed“Schoten adopted open source software within its server IT environment and replacednumerous proprietary applications. According to the municipality, the migration was a bigsuccess. Due to the new server environment, Schoten could not only reduce related ITexpenses but also increase productivity and operation ability.” — OSOR
An example for governments around the world.“Wie smaalt over het kwakkelende opensource-project van de Duitse stad Munchen kanvoor een klinkend tegenvoorbeeld dichter bij huis terecht, in Schoten met name” — ZeaPartners
And we’re not the only ones proud of it.
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Contact meWhy not?
Bart Van Loon
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