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FYI: Open Source Technology and Policy...

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The open source movement is a worldwide attempt to promote an open style of
software development more aligned with the accepted intellectual style of
science than the proprietary modes of invention that have been
characteristic of modern business. The idea – or vision – is to keep the
scientific advances created by software development openly available for
everyone to understand and improve upon. Perhaps even more so than in the
conventional scientific paradigm, the very process of creation in open
source is highly transparent throughout. Its products and processes can be
continuously, almost instantaneously scrutinized over the Internet, even
retrospectively. Its peer review process is even more open than that of
traditional science. But most of all: its discoveries are not kept secret
and it lets anyone, anywhere, anytime free to build on its discoveries and
creations.

Open source is transparent. The source code itself is viewable and available
to study and comprehend. The code can be changed and then redistributed to
share the changes and improvements. It can be executed for any purpose
without discrimination. Its process of development is largely open, with the
evolution of free and open systems typically preserved in repositories
accessible via the Internet, including archives of debates on the design and
implementation of the systems and the opinions of observers about proposed
changes. Open source differs vastly from proprietary code where all these
transparencies are generally lacking. Proprietary code is developed largely
in private, albeit its requirements are developed with its prospective
constituencies. Its source code is generally not disclosed and is typically
distributed under the shield of binary executables. Its use is controlled by
proprietary software licensing restrictions. The right to copy the program
executables is restricted and the user is generally forbidden from
attempting to modify and certainly from redistributing the code or possible
improvements. In most respects, the two modalities of program development
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