Open Source

Open source describes practices in the production and development of software that promote access to the product's source code. Some consider it a philosophy promoting a "free," "democratic" and "open" culture. Others consider it a pragmatic development methodology. 
===External Links===
*Open Warfare in Open Source from Business Week
*Open Source Initiative gets into the game of defining open from ZDNet's Between the Lines Blog
*Open source and patent trolls from ZDNet's Always On Blog
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Category:Open Source