Difference between revisions of "Free and open-source software/External links"
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*[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html FSF Free software definition] | *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html FSF Free software definition] | ||
*[http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php OSI Open source definition] | *[http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php OSI Open source definition] | ||
| + | *[http://perens.com/works/articles/State8Feb2008 "State of Open Source Message: A New Decade"] (Bruce Perens 2008) | ||
*[http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar The Cathedral and the Bazaar] - an interesting essay on why the 'bazaar' model of open-source software development works well. | *[http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar The Cathedral and the Bazaar] - an interesting essay on why the 'bazaar' model of open-source software development works well. | ||
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| − | The content management software that manages this website is open source and is called [http://wwww.MediaWiki.org MediaWiki]; and the server computer that hosts it is running a version of the Linux operating system called | + | The content management software that manages this website is open source and is called [http://wwww.MediaWiki.org MediaWiki]; and the server computer that hosts it is running a version of the Linux operating system called {{wp|Debian|Debian}} which in turn is running the {{wp|Apache_HTTP_Server|Apache web server}} (that serves about 60% of websites worldwide), the scripting language {{wp|Php|PHP}}, and the {{wp|Mysql|MySQL}} database. |
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Latest revision as of 00:49, 30 November 2008
Wikipedia articles
Organisations
- Free software foundation (FSF) website
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) website
Documents and articles
- FSF Free software definition
- OSI Open source definition
- "State of Open Source Message: A New Decade" (Bruce Perens 2008)
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar - an interesting essay on why the 'bazaar' model of open-source software development works well.
Software links
- http://www.ubuntu.com Free and open-source linux-based operating system
- http://www.OpenOffice.org Free and open-source office productivity software - word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, database etc.
- http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox Free and open-source web browser
- http://www.gimp.org Free and open source 2D bitmap-graphics editor
- SourceForge.net - world's largest Open Source software development web site
There are many more quality free and open-source software listed in examples of free and open-source software...
Footnote
The content management software that manages this website is open source and is called MediaWiki; and the server computer that hosts it is running a version of the Linux operating system called Debian 
which in turn is running the Apache web server (that serves about 60% of websites worldwide), the scripting language PHP , and the MySQL database.
