Art&iacute;culo XML http://www.retialis.net/modules/article/view.article.php/2/c1 2012-02-06T10:03:01+20:00 http://www.retialis.net/modules/article/ http://www.retialis.net/modules/article/images/logo.png text/html 2005-11-11T19:44:59+20:00 http://www.retialis.net/modules/article/ maese http://www.retialis.net/modules/article/view.article.php/2/c1 Secci&oacute;n: General<br />Palabras clave: open source, OSI<br />Resumen: open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open.(1) Generically, open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open.<br /><br />Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community. Open source sprouted in the technological community as a response to proprietary software owned by corporations.<br /><br />(2) A certification standard issued by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) that indicates that the source code of a computer program is made available free of charge to the general public.<br /><br />The rationale for this movement is that a larger group of programmers not concerned with proprietary ownership or financial gain will produce a more useful and bug -free product for everyone to use.<br /><br />The concept relies on peer review to find and eliminate bugs in the program code, a process which commercially developed and packaged programs do not utilize. Programmers on the Internet read, redistribute and modify the source code, forcing an expedient evolution of the product.<br /><br />The process of eliminating bugs and improving the software happens at a much quicker rate than through the traditional development channels of commercial software as the information is shared throughout the open source community and does not originate and channel through a corporation&#039;s research and development cogs.<br /><br />OSI dictates that in order to be considered &quot;OSI Certified&quot; a product must meet the following criteria:<br /><br />* The author or holder of the license of the source code cannot collect royalties on the distribution of the program<br />* The distributed program must make the source code accessible to the user<br />* The author must allow modifications and derivations of the work under the program&#039;s original name<br />* No person, group or field of endeavor can be denied access to the program<br />* The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program&#039;s being part of a particular software distribution<br />* The licensed software cannot place restrictions on other software that is distributed with it.<br /><br />For full details please visit Open source definitions<br />