open Source
software

 Mohit kumar bajoria   

14BCS030

What Is OSS ?

• Software whose source code is available for modification or enhancement by anyone.

• According to OpenSource.org, "Open Source is a software that can be freely used, changed and shared(in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. Open source software is made by many people, and distributed under license that comply with the Open Source Defination. "

 need of Open Source

Benefits of OSS

• Individuals or organisations do not have to pay for any software licences. They can download, use and modify OSS.

• The users are effectively co-developers, who can suggest different improvements to the software, help in fixing bugs or even get into the source code and modify it according to their needs. 

Power of Sharing......

• Nearly 12,000 developers from more than 1,200 companies have contributed to the Linux kernel  since tracking began 10 years ago.

• The average number of changes accepted into the kernel per hour is 7.71, which translates to 185 changes every day and 1,300 per week.

So definitely, the future is open! 

Ex - Linus Torvalds. 

How Open Source works ?

• Suppose while using some open source software, you stumble across a bug, or you would like to add a new feature to it, so you contact the development team.

• If you've created amazing software and want to open source it. Again, it is simple :) 

• You create a zip of your code and publish it on one of the open source software hosting sites like Github, SourceForge, GoogleCode, Gitorious and many more. 

Why Students Should get involved in FOSS Development?

• Your code is out there. If you are up for a job, it shows recruiters that you are concerned about the community and not just about yourself.

• Open Source development is much more than just computer programming, there are lot of different kinds of tasks to choose from Code, Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality assurance, User interface.

 Open source programme

Google Summer of Code is a global programme that offers post-higher secondary student developers, of age 18 and older, stipends to write code for various open source software projects. 

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for university students:

Future is free...Future is Open Source..

Get ready for the era where collaboration replaces corporation!

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