What is “Open Source”?

| by Paula Brett | pix What is Open Source?

Open Source stuff on the web is basically FREE stuff!

It could be a computer program, operating system or even a piece of software that is publically available for anyone to use and it’s free.

Open Source items in general can be freely modified and developed and redistributed.

Some of the best known Open Source products include:

firefox What is Open Source? Web Browser
wordpress What is Open Source? WordPress – blogging platform
 What is Open Source? Gimp – Image manipulation program
 What is Open Source? Filezilla – FTP client
 What is Open Source? Productivity Suite
 What is Open Source? Cross platform sound editor
thunderbird What is Open Source? Email application
 What is Open Source? Web authoring system – HTML editor
 What is Open Source? Anti-virus software
 What is Open Source? File archiver with high compression ratio
 What is Open Source?

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I’m sure you have more on your list — why not leave a comment below and tell us what you use?