More webwasters are now adapting the so called "open source softwares" and continue to adapt and advocate for a free participative content development. So, what is really an open source. As defined by its attached license in every software being distributed to the public for further development use, modify, and redistribute the software. Open Source is a certification mark owned by the Open Source Initiative . Developers of software that is intended to be freely shared and possibly improved and redistributed by others can use the Open Source trademark if their distribution terms conform to the OSI's Open Source Definition. To summarize, the Definition model of distribution terms require that: * Free Redistribution No restrictions are placed on parties from selling of giving away the software. * Source Code Availability The software must include source code and must also allow for binary distributions when there is a well-publicized means of obtaining the...
a pinoy musing on the latest trend on web development