Open Source

• open source


  refers to something that people can modify and share because its design is publicly available.
• emphasizes collaboration, transparency, and communitydriven development


  The open-source philosophy
• Open source


  refers to a software development and distribution model that allows users to access, modify, and distribute the source code of a software program.
• Copying


  It is the act of making a duplicate of something, whether it's a piece of software, a physical object, or any other type of content.
• Year 1969


  Not "open-source" but its the first experience of shared code. "Unix"
• year 1980


  Foster global collaboration among developers. "Usenet"
• Year 1983


  Sets the modern bases of open source with the GNU project. "Richard Stallman"
• RICHARD STALLMAN


  often known by his initials "RMS," is a prominent American software developer and free software advocate.
• Year 1985


  Free software foundation
• Year 1989


  BSD, the first full free version of BSD, starts development and is realeased 1992
• Year 1991


  Linus Torvalds announces the creation of a free OS kernel.
• Year 1993


  Red hat. first big commercial success of open source.
• Year 1995


  MySQL is released and becomes the most used open source database solution. HTTP APACHE, software engineers start collborationg to create HTTP APACHE
• Year 1998


  Open source initiative, the defition of open source is widely adopted in the IT world. Mozilla, the open source web browser appears, changing the history of the Internet.
• Year 2004


  Ubuntu, arrives and becomes the most widely used linus distribution by far.
• Year 2007


  JAVA, sun microsystems releases the java development kit as openjdk.
• Year 2008


  Git, a new revolution: GIT repositories become available on Github. Licences are recognized the us court stablishes that open-source code can be protected under copy right laws.
• Year 2014


  Gitlab is born, the open source DevOps and DevSecops code repository is born. Kuburnetes, googles open source container orchestrator makes it arrival becoming the leader in the sector.
• Year 2015


  Git, after opposing open source for decades, the company starts open sourcing projects such as .NET framework.
• Year 2018


  Microsoft buys Github, Microsoft acquires GITHUB, the largest host for open source infrastructure.
• Licensed Application


  This is a software application that is sold under a license agreement. The license typically outlines the terms and conditions under which the software can be used, copied, distributed, modified, etc...
• Proprietary Application


  This is a software application whose source code is not made available to the public. Instead, it is owned by a company or individual, and access to the source code is restricted.
• TOP BENEFITS OF OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY


  COST EFFECTIVE, COLLABORATION, TRANSPARENCY, STABILITY, ACCESSABILITY, VENDOR NEUTRALITY
• Intellectual Property


  refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images used in commerce.
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)


  refer to legal rights that protect creations of the human intellect or mind. These rights grant exclusive rights to creators or owners of intellectual property, enabling them to control and benefit from their creations.
• Patents


  protect inventions and innovations, granting inventors exclusive rights to their creations for a limited period. granted for inventions that are useful, novel, and non-obvious in fields such as technology, engineering, medicine, and biotechnology.
• Copyrights


  protect original works of authorship, such as literary, musical, and artistic works, as well as software, films, and architectural designs. ____ gives creators exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, and adapt their works.
• Trademarks


  ______ protect brands, logos, symbols, and names that distinguish goods or services in the marketplace. _____ rights prevent others from using similar marks that could cause confusion among consumers.
• Trade secrets


  protect confidential information, such as formulas, processes, methods, or customer lists, that provide a competitive advantage to businesses. Unlike patents, trade secrets are not disclosed publicly and can potentially be protected indefinitely, as long as they remain confidential.
• Industrial designs


  protect the visual appearance or aesthetic features of products, such as the shape, configuration, or surface ornamentation. Industrial design rights prevent others from making, using, or selling products that closely resemble protected designs.
• Geographical indications


  protect products with specific geographical origins and qualities, such as Champagne or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. GIs indicate that certain products possess unique characteristics or qualities attributable to their geographic origin.
• Plant Variety Protection


  grants exclusive rights to breeders of new plant varieties, allowing them to control the propagation, sale, and distribution of their plant varieties for a specified period.
• Virtual


  refers to something that exists in a digital or simulated form rather than in physical reality.
• virtual machine


  is a software based emulation of a physical computer. It operates like an independent computer system within another physical machine, known as the host machine.
• BENEFITS OF VIRTUAL MACHINE


  Isolation

  Resource allocation

  Portability

  Testing and development

  Disaster recovery
• VirtualBox


  is a free and open-source virtualization software developed by Oracle Corporation. It allows users to create and run virtual machines on their desktop or laptop computers.
• host operating system


  is the operating system installed directly on the physical hardware of the computer. It is responsible for managing the computer's hardware resources, such as CPU, memory, storage, and networking.
• guest operating system


  is the operating system running within a virtual machine.
• Ubuntu


  comes from a Southern African philosophy and ethic that emphasizes community, sharing, and compassion. It roughly translates to "I am because we are" in Zulu and Xhosa.
• Ubuntu


  is a popular opensource operating system based on the Linux kernel. It was first released on October 20, 2004, by Canonical Ltd., a company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth.