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OPEN SOURCE AND OPEN WEB
Janani LAlagu Alagappan
What is it???
• Public software
• Non-Proprietary software
• Open
Viewing
Editing
Sharing
Redistributing
Open source Definition
Granting Software licenses
Source code being available to everyone
No copyrighted restrictions
No discriminations against persons
Improvisation of the original code
Promotion of newer versions too as open
Free redistribution
• Developed by volunteer community
• Passionate programmers
EXAMPLES
• Mozilla Firefox
• Ubuntu
• GNU/Linux
• Fedora
• Android
Open source softwareTHE BRAIN CHILD OF MANY
KNOWLEDGABLE CONTRIBUTORS
Brief History
IBM
• Initially made free software,later proprietary
FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT
• Richard Stallman's GNU project
Imagine if the net we use today was PROPRIETARY?
Will you be happy??
Can you even dream of a day WITHOUT INTERNET??
Would you be buying a software?
A game? An OS? A player?
THINK!!
Time to THINK!!
If Open source wasn't there
• Basic tools would be unavailable
• People fail to realize its potential
• Not all can afford to buy software
• Leads to Software Piracy
• Though its bought, no modifications can be done
• Creativity of people is curbed
Now when its OPEN
• First preference to the people
• Right to modify
• Improves the code
• Better Quality
• Better collaboration
• More innovation
• More creativity
• Prevents Piracy
Open Source Movement
Promoting open software usage
• Development of people,society and mankind as a whole.
• Knowledge Sharing
After all Its FREE !!
Human nature of getting attracted to free things isn't a thing to be surprised of.
And when it is for a good cause should you even rethink ?
OPEN WEB
• Misconception!!!!
• Looking only the outer picture..
• Can you believe it INTERNET
Today is not very OPEN as
We THINK….
Face the fact…
Today’s Scenario
• Each Corporation is trying to promote their own Technology as De-facto Standard e.g. Interactive Applications by Flash, Silver-light
• Technology/implementation is always being kept hidden from public.
• So, deploying the same content across Multiple – Platforms is a problem. E.g. – There is no Flash plugin for iOS devices today :(
Problems
• Centralization of the control over technology
• Dictatorship
•Monopoly
• Loss of creativity
Who is the victim?
• We have proprietary web
applications at the moment…
• The one suffering at the end is
Is ULTIMATELY YOU AND ME!!!!
Crux of open web
SHARING SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT,WOULD ENABLE QUICKER AND BETTER IMPROVISATION.
' Sharing something that you already know about, would enable quicker and Sharing something that you already know about, would enable quicker and better improvisation ' - something I reckon is the crux of Open Web.
INGREDIENTS OF OPEN WEB
We gain…
• Web standards open for anyone to
Look into
Manipulate
Improve
Contribute
Improvise
Wondering what is this..
Open web in the true sense