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Only if you made that part of the contractual agreement when you employed the software developers. However, software developers aren't keen to give up their intellectual property, so you will likely end up with an inferior product.

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What is the difference between open source and closed source software?

commercial software is made for profit. it is maintained by a company, and it's code is a trade secret, hidden, "closed source", because you can't see it (and therefore steal it) open source software is free to use. it is created not for profit, typically maintained by a community of individuals. its code is free for everyone to look at, modify, steal, etc. sometimes you will have trouble downloading open source software - make sure you download the "windows binaries" or "windows compile" and not the source code


What is the Human readable version of a program called?

Source code. Source code can be written in a high-level like C++, or in a low-level language like assembly. Machine code can also be considered source code if that's what was originally used to write the code, but it is not considered human-readable. In order to read machine code in a human-readable form it must be disassembled, but you cannot reproduce the original source code.


What is a change control program used for?

Change control or source control software is to keep track of all the modifications made to source code or documentation during development.With change control in place, you can easily check which changes were made recently (and by who), and roll back to an earlier version if somebody makes a change that breaks the program you are developing.Popular open source change control programs include CVS and Subversion, there are also a number of commercial alternatives available.


How does open source software make a profit?

Usually, Open Source software derives its funds from either (a) technical support, or (b) donations to further development of the software. The former is incredibly common, and companies such as Red Hat have made a lot of money off of support licenses, while the latter was extremely common in the 90s and still often provide reasonable returns on investment.


Can you get source code to slide images with effects?

Yes you can make images to slide with effects. The sliding simple can be made with <marquee> and effects can be done by CSS.

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Is GPL software freeware?

No. The terms of the GPL do not forbid selling the software; they simply require you to provide the source code to the program and any changes you have made. So if I write a program that requires a special compiler in order to make the source code usable, I can still charge for the binaries, provide the source code, and not worry about unpaid versions circulating. In practice, most GPL software is available for free (as in beer), but the legal and technical distinction still needs to be made.


Different between open source and normal source?

"Open source" refers to software that is distributed and licensed such that its source code is made available to the public, encouraging many different developers to make changes, fix bugs, and generally improve the software. This is in contrast to typical commercial software for which source code is rarely if ever made available to persons not working for the company that holds the rights to the software in question. In this way, "closed source'' applications have the potential to be held to greater scrutiny and greater consistency of changes (since usually one a small number of individuals will ever see or change the code. However, with "open source" software, the code is usually made available to every who wants it.


Is Open source software made available to the public with few or no restrictions?

In general, yes. Each open source application will have its own end user license agreement that will have the appropriate restrictions. There are several EULA's that are commonly used. Some allow you to use and improve the open source software providing credit is made as well as any changes made to the code be made available to the public and/or to the originator of the software.


Is open source software is made available to the public with few or no restrictions?

In general, yes. Each open source application will have its own end user license agreement that will have the appropriate restrictions. There are several EULA's that are commonly used. Some allow you to use and improve the open source software providing credit is made as well as any changes made to the code be made available to the public and/or to the originator of the software.


What is the difference between open source and closed source software?

commercial software is made for profit. it is maintained by a company, and it's code is a trade secret, hidden, "closed source", because you can't see it (and therefore steal it) open source software is free to use. it is created not for profit, typically maintained by a community of individuals. its code is free for everyone to look at, modify, steal, etc. sometimes you will have trouble downloading open source software - make sure you download the "windows binaries" or "windows compile" and not the source code


What are software objects made of?

Lines of code.


What is the Human readable version of a program called?

Source code. Source code can be written in a high-level like C++, or in a low-level language like assembly. Machine code can also be considered source code if that's what was originally used to write the code, but it is not considered human-readable. In order to read machine code in a human-readable form it must be disassembled, but you cannot reproduce the original source code.


What is the difference between commercial software and open source software ?

An open source program is a program where the source code is freely available for developers to modify and improve. A closed source program can only be modified by the people who have the source code, (eg. The company that made the program). Examples of open source programs would be: Firefox, Google Chrome, Audacity, 7Zip, VLC Media Player, Pidgin ect. Commercial software like Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, MSN, Safari ect. is closed source. Also large programs such as operating systems (i.e Linux, Mac OS X) often use mixed source and/or shared source. Mixed source is where some of the program is open source and the rest is closed source. Shared source is where only developers who join a special network (usually non-free), can access the source, and only they can modify and improve the software. The major supporter of shared source software is Microsoft. Also don't get confused. Free software means it can be used without charge, it does not mean it is open source. Shareware does not mean shared source, it means it can only be used for free with fewer features and/or for a limited time (a free trial)


What are the two define categories of software?

There's many answers to this question. Divisions can be made on the basis of: 1. Open source versus closed source 2. Business software versus Private/Home software 3. Embedded software versus Computer software 4. Infrastructure software versus applications software


How do you manage software?

Change management software is a way of tracking changes made to software code. You can buy software to do this for you, but if you are doing simple tasks then a spreadsheet will work as well.


How do you change management software?

Change management software is a way of tracking changes made to software code. You can buy software to do this for you, but if you are doing simple tasks then a spreadsheet will work as well.


What is Visual Source Safe used for?

Microsoft Visual Source Safe (VSS) is a software originally made by a company named One Tree Software. This software is used for small software development projects. The software creates a virtual library of computer files and it can handle any kind of file in its database.