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– [http://www.linux.com/feature/119429 Taoism of Open Source]; Chen Nan Yang; September 29, 2007.
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::''"Because open source software features open code, more programmers are able to view the code, create new functionality, and fix bugs. This follows the same natural way that science has developed over time."''
::– [http://www.linux.com/feature/119429 Taoism of Open Source]; Chen Nan Yang; September 29, 2007.


This site provides information about Free Open Source Software (FOSS), which is also called Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS), Free Software, and sometimes just Open Source.   
Free Open Source Software (FOSS), also called just Open Source or Free Software, is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute.&nbsp;  Most FOSS licenses also include a kind of legal '''<span style="color:#ffd700">Golden Rule</span>''', requiring any changes - such as fixes and enhancements - be released under the same license.&nbsp; This generates the trust in developers and users that support large and sustainable [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.pdf communities] that grow the software over time.


FOSS is released under a license that is kind of an Intellectual Property lawyer's version of the '''<span style="color:#ffd700">Golden Rule</span>''', making the software available at no cost to anyone to use, modify, and distribute as they wish, provided they agree in turn to make it available at no cost to others to use, modify, and distribute as they wish.
More than a quarter century in [[History|evolution]], FOSS greatly increases capability, security, and stability, reduces costs, eliminates lock-in, and is increasingly the first choice for individuals to enterprises.&nbsp; More info in the following sections.   
 
In addition, many FOSS licenses require that any modifications to the software - usually fixes and enhancements - must also be made available to others at no cost under the same license.  This is like software yeast, continually growing the capability.  These kinds of licenses are particularly good at generating the trust that leads to [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.pdf large] and sustainable communities, and most FOSS today is released under a license including this condition.
 
FOSS is increasingly seen as the global standard and lowest-risk choice for operating systems to end-user applications.  FOSS helps individuals and organizations reduce cost, increase use, improve standards compliance, enhance security, and avoid vendor lock-in.  More information can be found in the following sections.   
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Software'''
* <span style="color:#008800">[[Applications|Applications]]</span> - hundreds of apps!
* <span style="color:#008800">[[System Software|System]]</span> - dozens of components!
* <span style="color:#008800">[[Cloud Computing|Cloud]]</span>
* <span style="color:#008800">[[Games|Games]]</span>
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* [[Primary Sources|Primary Sources]]
* [[Secondary Sources|Secondary Sources]]
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:* [[History]]
:* [[History]]
:* [[Organizations]]
:* [[Organizations]]
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:* [[Licenses]]
:* [[People]]
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:* [[Mailing Lists]]
:* [[Mailing Lists|Lists]]
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<u>Software</u>
* [[Primary Sources]]
* [[Secondary Sources]]
* [[Directories]]
* '''[[System Software|System Software]]'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<= More than 35 categories!
* '''[[Applications|Application Software]]'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<= More than 50 categories!
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Additional information can be found at the following pages.


The following links provide site related information.
:* [[FOSS Philosophy]] [[Философия_Свободного_и_открытого_программного_обеспечения|Russian translation]]
 
:* [http://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Main_Page The Open Source Way]
:* [[FOSS Philosophy]]
:* [[OpenSource.org Email]]
:* [[Stallman Email]]
:* [[Style Guide]]
:* [[Style Guide]]
:* [[Future Plans]]


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Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) can contain FOSS components, however limits availability of some functionality to closed proprietary software, and therefore is described on this site only on the [[Commercial Open Source Software|COSS]] page.
Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) can contain Free Open Source Software components, however limits availability of key functionality to closed proprietary software, and therefore is discussed only on the [[Commercial Open Source Software|COSS]] page.
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Revision as of 01:44, 29 January 2015

"Because open source software features open code, more programmers are able to view the code, create new functionality, and fix bugs. This follows the same natural way that science has developed over time."

Taoism of Open Source; Chen Nan Yang; September 29, 2007.


Free Open Source Software (FOSS), also called just Open Source or Free Software, is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute.  Most FOSS licenses also include a kind of legal Golden Rule, requiring any changes - such as fixes and enhancements - be released under the same license.  This generates the trust in developers and users that support large and sustainable communities that grow the software over time.

More than a quarter century in evolution, FOSS greatly increases capability, security, and stability, reduces costs, eliminates lock-in, and is increasingly the first choice for individuals to enterprises.  More info in the following sections.

        

  Software

        

  Collections

        

  Information

Additional information can be found at the following pages.

Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) can contain Free Open Source Software components, however limits availability of key functionality to closed proprietary software, and therefore is discussed only on the COSS page.