What is Open Source
Open Source. We are all here for it. There is probably no need to explain what it is. But oh well, for the sake of our clean conscience… Open Source is a philosophy or initiative of freely sharing the code with the community of developers, software geeks, end-users, companies, private consumers – basically anyone who might need it. The important part is allowing users to access and modify the code. They may also further distribute new versions of the program created on the basis of the original code. It is not forbidden but – on the contrary – greatly encouraged to make use of any existing, open technology