Open source means that no one company or individual have proprietary implementation on the license of the software. Depending on the site that you choose to download the software from it may be called freeware. The important thing to remember about this software is that you can change the code to fit your situation. Of course there is a down side and that is that you don't have the programmers to help you and give you the updates like with Microsoft.
Unix is not open source, it is proprietary. Linux is the open-source version of Unix.
Open Source Geospatial Foundation's motto is 'Your Open Source Compass'.
"Open-source" means that the source code of a program is available, and may be modified legally. Open-source programs often tend to be free of charge as well, but that's not what "open-source" means.
solaris is open source
Open source software is software that allows the source code to be used. Oftentimes, they are free to use. Open source software is copyrighted.
The best thing to do is check the website for a mention o Open Source. see www.ubuntu.com and open source applications that you know of to see what you are looking for on the site to see if it is open source.
as the word implies OPEN SOURCE --it is open to all or it is publically available to all anyone can make changes to the source code as it is available to all EX - PHP,APACHE,MY sql, java is not open source -siddharth mishra
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No, Roblox is completely free to play, but it is not open source.
yes SybaseIQ is an open source database.
Paper source isn't open on sundays!
Open Source Initiative was created in 1998.