The Opinion Aggregator | Topic: Open Source vs Closed Source

Open Source vs. Closed Source

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:45:22

So, the question is, should I develop this application to be open-source or closed-source?

Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open-Source Software

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:46:04

Commercial software companies face many challenges in growing their business in today’s fast-moving and competitive industry environment. Recently many people have proposed the use of an open-source development model as one possible way to address those challenges. This document investigates the business of commercial open-source software, including why a company might adopt an open-source model, how open-source licensing works, what business models might be usable for commercial open-source products, what special considerations apply to commercial products released as open source, and how various objections relating to open source might be answered. The target audience is commercial software and hardware companies and individual software developers considering some sort of open-source strategy or just curious about how such a strategy might work.

Comparison of open source and closed source

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:55:44

Open source approaches differ from the traditional model of software licensing by allowing other individuals and organizations to view and modify the source code and in many cases resell the software without providing royalties to the original authors of the software, or under some open source licenses without even requiring that they credit the original authors of the software.