Difference between revisions of "Main Page"

From Free Open Source Software
Jump to navigationJump to search
(28 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
:{| cellpadding="12" style="border: 1px solid darkgray"
|- border="0"
|- align="justify"
| <span style="color:#33cc66;">EnterpriseLibre combines 52 of the best FOSS components into a complete virtual enterprise.  Twenty-eight leading applications, accessible anywhere on virtual desktops.&nbsp;  Get one for yourself, or host and sell them to others.</span>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color:#33cc66;">[https://wiki.EnterpriseLibre.org/index.php/Development Development] &nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp; [https://CirrusComputing.com Hosted for Non-Profits only $9.95]</span>
|}
{| cellpadding="12" style="border: 1px solid darkgray"
{| cellpadding="12" style="border: 1px solid darkgray"
|- border="0"
|- border="0"
|- align="justify"
|- align="justify"
| ''"Because open source software features open code, more programmers are able to view the code, create new functionality, and fix bugs. This follows the same natural way that science has developed over time."''  
| ''"Because open source software features open code, more programmers are able to view the code, create new functionality, and fix bugs.&nbsp; This follows the same natural way that science has developed over time."'' – [http://www.linux.com/feature/119429 Taoism of Open Source]; Chen Nan Yang; September 29, 2007.  
– [http://www.linux.com/feature/119429 Taoism of Open Source]; Chen Nan Yang; September 29, 2007.
|}
|}


<div align=justify>
<div align=justify>


This site is about Free Open Source Software (FOSS), also called Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS), Free Software, and just Open Source.  All FOSS licenses specify that the software is available to use, modify, and distribute at no cost.
Free Open Source Software (FOSS), also called just Open Source or Free Software, is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute.&nbsp; Most FOSS licenses also include a kind of legal '''<span style="color:#ffd700">Golden Rule</span>''', requiring any changes - such as fixes and enhancements - be released under the same license.&nbsp; This creates the trust in developers and users that generates large, sustainable communities that grow the software over time [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.pdf].
 
Most FOSS licenses also include kind of a lawyer's version of the '''<span style="color:#ffd700">Golden Rule</span>''', requiring that software modifications - usually fixes and enhancements - must also be made available in source code under the same license, with permission to use, modify, and distribute at no cost.  This naturally creates living software, continually growing the value for all.  These licenses are good at generating the trust that leads to large and sustainable [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.pdf communities], and most FOSS is released under licenses with this give-back condition.


FOSS is increasingly the standard for operating systems to user applications, for individuals to large enterprises.  It helps reduce costs, avoid lock-in, increase productivity, enhance security, and improve standards compliance.  With the best long-term investment protection, FOSS is the lowest risk choice for software systems today. More information can be found in the following sections.   
Getting steadily better for [[History|more]] than a quarter century, FOSS provides more capability, security, and sustainability at much less cost, and is increasingly the first software option for individuals and organizations alike.&nbsp; More information can be found in the following sections.&nbsp; (Thanks in advance for adding any info!)
</div>
</div>


Line 18: Line 24:
|-valign="top"
|-valign="top"
|
|
:&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Information'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|
&nbsp;'''Software'''
* [[Applications|Applications]]
* [[System Software|System]]
* [[Games|Games]]
|
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|
&nbsp;'''Collections'''
* [[Primary Sources|Primary Sources]]
* [[Secondary Sources|Secondary Sources]]
* [[Directories]]
|
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|
:&nbsp;'''Information'''
:* [[History]]
:* [[History]]
:* [[Organizations]]
:* [[Organizations]]
:* [[Licenses]]
:* [[Licenses]]
:* [[People]]
:* [[People]]
:* [[Mailing Lists]]
:* [[News]]
|
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Software'''
* [[Primary Sources]]
* [[Secondary Sources]]
* [[Directories]]
* '''[[System Software|System Software]]'''
* '''[[Applications|Application Software]]'''
* '''[[Cloud Computing]]'''
|}
|}
Other info can be found at the following pages.


Additional information can be found at the following pages.
:* [[FOSS Philosophy]] ([[Философия_Свободного_и_открытого_программного_обеспечения|Russian translation]])
 
:* [[FOSS Philosophy]] - ([[Философия_Свободного_и_открытого_программного_обеспечения|Russian translation]])
:* [http://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Main_Page The Open Source Way]
:* [http://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Main_Page The Open Source Way]
:* [[OpenSource.org Email]]
:* [[Stallman Email]]
:* [[Style Guide]]
:* [[Style Guide]]
:* [[Future Plans]]


<div align=justify>
<div align=justify>
Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) can contain Free Open Source Software components, however limits availability of some functionality to closed proprietary software, and therefore is described on this site only on the [[Commercial Open Source Software|COSS]] page.
Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) can contain Free Open Source Software components, however limits availability of key functionality to closed proprietary software, and therefore is discussed only on the [[Commercial Open Source Software|COSS]] page.
</div>
</div>

Revision as of 13:38, 8 February 2016

EnterpriseLibre combines 52 of the best FOSS components into a complete virtual enterprise. Twenty-eight leading applications, accessible anywhere on virtual desktops.  Get one for yourself, or host and sell them to others.

          Development  –  Hosted for Non-Profits only $9.95

"Because open source software features open code, more programmers are able to view the code, create new functionality, and fix bugs.  This follows the same natural way that science has developed over time."Taoism of Open Source; Chen Nan Yang; September 29, 2007.

Free Open Source Software (FOSS), also called just Open Source or Free Software, is licensed to be free to use, modify, and distribute.  Most FOSS licenses also include a kind of legal Golden Rule, requiring any changes - such as fixes and enhancements - be released under the same license.  This creates the trust in developers and users that generates large, sustainable communities that grow the software over time [1].

Getting steadily better for more than a quarter century, FOSS provides more capability, security, and sustainability at much less cost, and is increasingly the first software option for individuals and organizations alike.  More information can be found in the following sections.  (Thanks in advance for adding any info!)

    

 Software

     

 Collections

   

 Information

Other info can be found at the following pages.

Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) can contain Free Open Source Software components, however limits availability of key functionality to closed proprietary software, and therefore is discussed only on the COSS page.