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Open Source, Freedom, and Beer

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Did you know?

...that almost all applications supplied by SmartStuf Data Systems are Open Source and are therefore FREE of the restrictions imposed upon you by proprietor-Licensed software vendors (e.g. Microsoft, Adobe, etc)

But, ...what does FREE mean?

There is a well known explanation used across the Open Source community which states, ...
Open Source software is free as in "FREEdom of Speech", rather than "FREE Beer!"

What this means in effect is that the Open Source software we supply is FREE to be used in any way that you (the user) wishes.
It means that you can back-it-up, make copies, give a copy to your friends or business colleagues (who may in turn give it to their associates), and even (if you really feel so inclined) modify it all the way down to the source code level -tweaking it to fit your business needs even better; ...and all without having to pay for additional licences, or buying extra copies, or engaging Copyright lawyers to defend your actions when the proprietary software 'owners' take you to court.

In short, it means that (provided you never tamper with the original Copyright notices, etc; or try to pass the software off as your own proprietary property) you may pretty much do with the software as you wish, using it whenever and wherever you want and on as many computers as you need.
Now, isn't that refreshing?

Most Open Source software is distributed under the terms of the 'General Public License' (GPL), which guarantees you Rights as a user that the High Street amateur market and proprietary software simply doesn't include.

Last Updated ( Mar 31, 2009 at 10:10 AM )

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