OPEN SOURCE AND OPEN WEB

Janani LAlagu Alagappan

What is it???

• Public software

• Non-Proprietary software

• Open

Viewing

Editing

Sharing

Redistributing

Open source Definition

Granting Software licenses

Source code being available to everyone

No copyrighted restrictions

No discriminations against persons

Improvisation of the original code

Promotion of newer versions too as open

Free redistribution

• Developed by volunteer community

• Passionate programmers

EXAMPLES

• Mozilla Firefox

• Ubuntu

• GNU/Linux

• Fedora

• Android

Open source softwareTHE BRAIN CHILD OF MANY

KNOWLEDGABLE CONTRIBUTORS

Brief History

IBM

• Initially made free software,later proprietary

FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT

• Richard Stallman's GNU project

Imagine if the net we use today was PROPRIETARY?

Will you be happy??

Can you even dream of a day WITHOUT INTERNET??

Would you be buying a software?

A game? An OS? A player?

THINK!!

Time to THINK!!

If Open source wasn't there

• Basic tools would be unavailable

• People fail to realize its potential

• Not all can afford to buy software

• Leads to Software Piracy

• Though its bought, no modifications can be done

• Creativity of people is curbed

Now when its OPEN

• First preference to the people

• Right to modify

• Improves the code

• Better Quality

• Better collaboration

• More innovation

• More creativity

• Prevents Piracy

Open Source Movement

Promoting open software usage

• Development of people,society and mankind as a whole.

• Knowledge Sharing

After all Its FREE !!

Human nature of getting attracted to free things isn't a thing to be surprised of.

And when it is for a good cause should you even rethink ?

OPEN WEB

• Misconception!!!!

• Looking only the outer picture..

• Can you believe it INTERNET

Today is not very OPEN as

We THINK….

Face the fact…

Today’s Scenario

• Each Corporation is trying to promote their own Technology as De-facto Standard e.g. Interactive Applications by Flash, Silver-light

• Technology/implementation is always being kept hidden from public.

• So, deploying the same content across Multiple – Platforms is a problem. E.g. – There is no Flash plugin for iOS devices today :(

Problems

• Centralization of the control over technology

• Dictatorship

•Monopoly

• Loss of creativity

Who is the victim?

• We have proprietary web

applications at the moment…

• The one suffering at the end is

Is ULTIMATELY YOU AND ME!!!!

Crux of open web

SHARING SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT,WOULD ENABLE QUICKER AND BETTER IMPROVISATION.

' Sharing something that you already know about, would enable quicker and Sharing something that you already know about, would enable quicker and better improvisation ' - something I reckon is the crux of Open Web. 

INGREDIENTS OF OPEN WEB

We gain…

• Web standards open for anyone to

Look into

Manipulate

Improve

Contribute

Improvise

Wondering what is this..

Open web in the true sense