Definition Room 122 Discussion of the Open Source Initiative and Licensing. Scientific process is one of the most successful areas undertaken by man due to its openness, the free exchange of ideas and the steady accumulation of knowledge available to all. The open source development process probably will become the most successful due to its advantages of openness, the free exchange of ideas as well as the steady accumulation of program source code available to all. When should you consider Open Source, how can the Open Source Initiative improve development. When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves.
People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs.
It can happen rapidly and in comparison to the slow pace of conventional software development, seem astonishing. The Search for a Good Resources Room 122 Advocacy and Organizations, Software, Training and Support. Where to find them, how to find them, when to find them, and what to do when you find them. Open Source Operating Systems Room 122 Distinctions of Debian, Red Hat and FreeBSD distributions. Linux.org contains a list of 71 English distributions of Linux alone ranging from minimal installations to full-blown products that install on a wide range of hardware platforms.