Example of open source application software?

Answer 1

Linux - A free and open-source operating system.

FreeBSD - A free and open-source operating system.

Mozilla Firefox - A free and open-source web browser.

Google Chrome - A free and open-source web browser.

Audacity - A free and open-source audio editor / mixer.

MAME - An open-source (but not free in the FSF sense) emulator set for arcade machines.

MySQL- A free and open-source database server.

MESS - An open-source (but not free in the FSF sense) emulator set for vintage computers.

VirtualBox - A (mostly) free and (mostly) open-source virtualization suite.
Firefox, GNU/Linux, Thunderbird, OpenOffice etc.

Answer 2

Open Source software is any program where the code is given away with the software in such a way that it can be freely edited by the end user to perform other tasks which the original programmer may not have thought about, and then the person who edits the program is then allowed to send his input to the author for possible inclusion.

Open Source software is quite good as most bugs in Open Source software get fixed really quickly due to this fact, unlike closed source software (e.g. Windows) where you have to wait for Microsoft technicians to get round to fix the problem (hence the reason why there are more viruses for Windows than Linux, and Linux is far more secure than Windows).

Just because the code is given away with the software this doesn't mean however that the software must be given away free of charge (although quite a lot of it is), you can still charge for Open Source software (e.g. Cubecart v4 is open source however you have to buy it, and some Joomla plugins are open source but again you have to buy them).

Because PHP is compiled each time a website is accessed and cannot be pre-compiled all add ons for websites that are wrote in PHP and distributed are open source.

The only major problem with Open Source is that some unscrupulous people can attempt to steal software by altering or removing copyright notices that the author of the original software has requested that they remain in place, e.g. Cubecart v3 is a free shopping basket that the author has requested the notices (Powered by CubeCart) must remain in place, however as it is open source there is nothing to stop people just going in and editing the line that displays this code to remove it. It is really just based on trust (and also the threat of legal action if your caught using it in such a way - yes even though it's open source the original owner of the program can still enforce some control on their program as set out by the terms and conditions).

Some examples of Open Source are...

Linux, WINE, GIMP, Ghostscript, OpenOffice, Joomla, Cubecart & Wiki CMS, Thunderbird, Firefox, GNU/Linux, Paint.NET, Blender, irrEdit, Code::Blocks etc.

Also anything that is released under the GPL (Gnu Public Licence) is also Open Source, the GPL is an easy way for people to release programs as open source with a standard terms & conditions, so people don't need to understand all the legal jargon that they need to put in t&c's. Most programs on Linux are released under the GPL and some utilise the word Gnu in their acronyms e.g. GIMP stands for Gnu Image Manipulation Program

Answer 3

Linux is the best example of freeware software. Other popular software is Java, MySql, Netbeans, Webmatrix etc.

There are many more software that is free to use.

Some companies offers free trials of his software also but they for limited use or some companies withdraw some features in freeware software.

Answer 4

Free software of free ware includes internet Explorer, firefox, msn or iTunes ,this is because they don't require users to pay for them, other software such as hamachi, vlc and open office are also examples of freeware.

While I personally believe trial or limited access software doesn't count as freeware some programs such as malwarebytes and avira antivirus don't charge the user and maybe considered free ware not all of their tools are available to use unless purchased

Answer 5

Open:

Linux

Firefox

Pidgin

Thunderbird

GIMP

Blender

Closed:

Mac OS X

Photoshop

Windows 7

Skype

Adobe Flash Player

Internet Explorer

Answer 6

GIMP
LibreOffice
Google Chrome
Firefox or Apache Web Server are open source software

Answer 7

Internet Explorer

Skype

Windows 7

Answer 8

Linux is an open source software application that many people like. Linux was created with developers in mind and many of them use it.