What is open source?

What is open source?

We often hear the open-source programs Open-Source Soft deepened a lot in this topic should read some books that talk in detail about them, but in this article I try to explain that a little bit of this concept in order to round the Arab user.


Open-source software is software Code Source or the source code is open and free, where anyone can take the original copy and modify it as you Haelaket makes its own version of the program.
Users can open source software be used for any purpose without restriction or fees and that trumps them all what he wants.


As an example of these programs, we find: Ubuntu Linux as a free download from the official website and the creation of a large number of copies to your friends as you can installed on an unlimited number of computers. And therefore can download the source code for Ubuntu, modify, and making your own copy.

Unlike open-source software, are locked programs source (Closed-Source Software) is having a license and shut down its own source code and keep him out of the users.
Firefox, Krouom, Android of the best examples of open-source software, in what is considered the default Windows caption and Office of the most famous software source Amoelloukh.

Of the benefits of open-source software it first are often free. And secondly it more flexible in use and as an example, we find for example in Aleuendwoz 8 new interface Metro is what distinguishes this version but there are some users who Oahbu and default Windows caption 8 for but did not crawl this interface and the program that Mgellouk source can not smoke code source for the interface Aleuendwoz 7 and processed to serve with Oandwoz 8 and even tried one that he will find it very difficult to do so. On the contrary, we find, for example, in the ubuntu, if a version has not lived fronted users issuing ubuntu gnome 3 where taking Almstkhadddhun source code for Gnome 2 interface and Adloha to become compatible with the new version.

This open-source programs provide great freedom to users in general and for the lovers of amendments and programmers in particular.
Note: that the amendment non-open source software is a violation of the rights of the developer and punishable by law.

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