. . "[with] Open Source, the key idea is that one person (or group) writes software code, which can be then modified by another user; the result can be subsequently modified by a new user, and so on. "
"There are. . .two aspects of Open Source movement that make it interesting. One is the idea of license. There are approximately 30 different types of licenses in the Open Source movement. The licenses specify the rights and responsibilities of a person modifying the code. For instance, one licence (called the GNU Pulic License) specifies that the programmer have to provide the copy of the new code to the community; another stipulates that the programmer can sell the new code and he does not have to share with the community, but he can’t do things to damage the community."
from "Models of Authorship in New Media" by Lev Manovich
: http://switch.sjsu.edu/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php?artc=65
LOCAL: also see "kernel" keyword
GLOBAL: also see "Open Source Definition" at http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
Posted by delpesco at March 14, 2004 10:55 AM