5. Audaxis
• Open Source solutions integrator
• Main Compiere Partner in Europe
• ezPublish Partner
• Open Source Java project contributor
• Drupal contributor
6. • What is Open Souce ?
• How to Choose an Open Source Solution ?
• Working with Open Source Components
9. Open Source Definition
Development Methodology
• Free Redistribution
• Source Code
• Derived Works
• Integrity of Author’s code
• No Discrimination against Persons or Groups
• 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
Source: http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd
10. Free Software
Social Movement - 4 Freedoms
• The Freedom to run
• The Freedom to study
• The Freedom to redistribute
• The Freedom to improve
11. Free vs Open Source
FREE SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE
• Freedom of the code • Freedom of the developer
• Source code will ALWAYS • Code CAN be included in
be available and can never proprietary works under
be restricted. certain conditions.
13. OSI Approved
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Academic Free License 3.0 (AFL 3.0) MIT license
Affero GNU Public License Motosoto License
Adaptive Public License Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL)
Apache License, 2.0 Multics License
Apple Public Source License NASA Open Source Agreement 1.3
Artistic license 2.0 NTP License
Attribution Assurance Licenses Naumen Public License
New and Simplified BSD licenses Nethack General Public License
Boost Software License (BSL1.0) Nokia Open Source License
Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1 Non-Profit Open Software License 3.0 (Non-Profit OSL 3.0)
Common Development and Distribution License OCLC Research Public License 2.0
Common Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL) Open Font License 1.1 (OFL 1.1)
CUA Office Public License Version 1.0 Open Group Test Suite License
EU DataGrid Software License Open Software License 3.0 (OSL 3.0)
Eclipse Public License PHP License
Educational Community License,Version 2.0 Python license (CNRI Python License)
Eiffel Forum License V2.0 Python Software Foundation License
Entessa Public License Qt Public License (QPL)
European Union Public License (link to every language's version on
their site) RealNetworks Public Source License V1.0
Fair License Reciprocal Public License 1.5 (RPL1.5)
Frameworx License Ricoh Source Code Public License
GNU General Public License (GPL) Simple Public License 2.0
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3) Sleepycat License
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL) Sun Public License
(LGPLv3)
GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License version 3.0 Sybase Open Watcom Public License 1.0
Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
IBM Public License Vovida Software License v. 1.0
IPA Font License W3C License
ISC License wxWindows Library License
Lucent Public License Version 1.02 X.Net License
MirOS Licence Zope Public License
Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) zlib/libpng license
Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)
84. References
• The first part of this presentation and its design are largely
inspired from: Making open source work - J Aaron Farr - 2008
http://www.slideshare.net/jaaronfarr/making-open-source-
work-presentation
• Choosing Open Source: A guide for civil society organizations
http://www.commons.ca/articles/fulltext.shtml?x=335
• Top Tips For Selecting Open Source - Software
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/tips.xml
• Gimme credit, gimme fixes, gimme it ALL!
http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/
gimme_credit_gimme_fixes_gimme