What Does Open Source Mean? Rules

Open Source software must follow these criteria (you can learn more at: http://www.opensource.org)

• Free redistribution


• Source code. the program must include source code and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form.


• derived works the license mus allow modification and derived works


• integrity of the authors source code


• No discrimination against persons or groups


• No discrimantion against fields of endevour


• distributino of lincense


• license must bot be specefic to a product


• licnese mus not contaminate other sofwares

PHP is a fine example of Open Source development and distribution. other examples include these

• apache. the web server of choice for most websites on the web


• linux. the operating system of choice for more people than microsoft woud like you to think


• bind the software providing domain name services to the internet, yes ALL the internet


• sendmail the most widely used software for transporting e-mail form sender to recipient