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What is Open Source?
Open Source software is software licensed so that the
source code (software program) is freely available for
use, modification and distribution. The major Open Source
software projects are well supported, continually developed
and peer-reviewed, widely recognised and used. |
Free Software & the GPL
Open Source software is licensed under
the Gnu General
Public License (Gnu-GPL). The GPL
aims to ensure the freedom to use, share, modify and distribute
software. GPL licensing does not prevent charging money
for a software project's warranty, support or distribution,
but the software program itself is freely available.
Open Source Development
GPL products overwhelmingly use the Internet
as their distribution medium. A GPL software distribution will
usually have a home page from which new versions can be sourced
and information obtained. Products with a significant public user-base
are maintained more often than not by virtual communities of software
analysts, designers and programmers, web-developers, graphic designers,
writers and editors.
Structured and well-organised, most Open Source
project communities work systematically to produce controlled,
documented software releases under strict security measures to
enable software verification. At Minihub, we choose projects which
are highly reputable and demonstrated to follow quality procedures.
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