A Simple orientation which involves the evolution of the two major foss philosophies and it's impact in the nepalese enterprise scenario

1. KA
KURA
By Monil Adhikari

2. In Store for you today…..
• What is FOSS??
• History and Evolution of FOSS
• Why FOSS??
• Some successful FOSS projects
• FOSS Nepal Community and FOSS in Nepal
• A Final Wrap up.

3. WHAT IS FOSS?????

5. Two Major FOSS Philosophies
•Free Software Foundation (FSF) philosophy
•Open Source Initiative (OSI) philosophy

6. Free Software – FSF Philosophy
(The Four Freedoms)
• Freedom to run program for any purpose.
• Freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to
your needs.
• Freedom to distribute/redistribute copies so you can help
your neighbor.
• Freedom to modify, improve the program and release to your
improvements to the public, for the welfare of the community

7. Open Source Software – OSI Philosophy
• Free Redistribution
• Availability of Source Code
• Possibility of Derived Works
• Integrity of The Author's Source
Code
• No Discrimination Against Persons
or Groups
It’s a Little Bit Complicated!!!
• No Discrimination Against Fields
of Endeavor
• Distribution of License
• License Must Not Be Specific to a
Product
• License Must Not Restrict Other
Software
• License Must Be Technology-
Neutral

8. BRIEF HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

9. Looking Back……..
In the beginning the software source codes were
available/shared freely … only what charged
was for the hardware...However!

10. On the bright side….
• In 1984 - GNU (GNU’s not Unix) project started by
Richard Stallman to create a free UNIX- like OS.
• In 1985 - FSF was created to promote Free Software. GNU project
Created almost all the software necessary for an operating system
except the kernel.

11. Still looking on the bright side….
• 1991 - Linus Torvalds, a Finnish
college student created Unix-like
kernel called Linux.
• Linux combined with GNU
utilities resulted in
GNU/Linux operating
system

12. Most Importantly…….
“The Cathedral and the Bazaar”
It’s is really worth a read

13. Interesting Current Developments in FOSS
• Open Web Application Security Project.
• Open Content.
• Wikipedia.
• Open Educational Resources.
• Open / virtual / online University.
• Open Culture movements.
• Open Daylight.

14. WHY FOSS????

15. Here’s Your Answer….
• Lower IT costs: Advanced servers, databases, web applications, etc.
• Better security: More secure than proprietary tools.
• Reliability/Stability: Have proved to be reliable and stable.
• Open standards and vendor independence.
• Ease in Localization because of open nature.
• Opportunity to Learn and Modify.
• Reduce / Stop being illegal.

16. Some Successful FOSS Initiatives
Lets have some fun…
Guess the project from the given Logo

17. A Penguin and a Wildabeast

18. GNU/Linux
A Penguin and a Wildabeast

19. A Feather what could that mean???

20. Apache Foundation (Web Server)
A Feather what could that mean???

21. A Dolphin……..

22. MySQL(Database Technology)
A Dolphin……..

23. A Big “W”… Maybe that’s a hint!!!!

24. Worpress (Blogging Platform)
A Big “W”… Maybe that’s a hint!!!!

25. Check Out Some More Projects!!!!!
• Nepalinux (This is absoulutely home made)
• Ubuntu
• Fedora
• Cent-OS
• Tiny Core Linux (It’s Total Size is 9MB, Seriously!!!!!!!!)

26. FOSS Nepal Community

27. Knowing about the community
FOSS Nepal Community is a team of FOSS enthusiasts in
Nepal and abroad
• Initiated by a few people in 2004 – 05
• Software Freedom Day 2005 turned out to be the turning
point!

28. You Can Join too… It’s Easy
• Slowly grew from a handful of people to quite a
sizable number and still growing...
• Its a community of people who love to be Free and
Open Source users/practitioners/ developers and
many more.

29. The Most Important Thing….
A Huge and Active Community on Google Groups,
Facebook and Twitter.
Join Us, Get in the Loop…..

30. FOSS Here in Nepal
• Most of the ISPs are using FOSS like Linux, Apache,
MySQL/PostgresSQL, PHP, BIND, Sendmail, etc.
• Nirvakalpa – a collection of FOSS for Windows
• Nepal's first FOSS Training and Research Center established jointly
by FOSS Nepal, Help Nepal Network, and Brihaspati Vidyasadan
• One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) being implemented in 26 remote
schools in 6 districts by Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal

31. Finally Wrapping Up…….
The concept of Free & Open Source has great promise, though we
primarily are the consumer of the free software. If we pool our
resources and collaboration, we cannot only be consumer but
Contributor to this movement...
Lets Enterprise, Lets FOSS!!!