Abstract:
Open source describes a broad general type of software license that makes source code available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent copyright restrictions. “…software that is collectively developed by a community of technologists with an interest in a particular application or tool and then distributed at no cost to the broader community of individuals who can find a use for it…” From open stacks to open source Joe Lucia, Villanova University, February 5, 2008 http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/From_open_stacks_to_open_source
