01. What is open source? #1
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It depends! This question reflects the tension in the community. It's free - but is it free like "free beer" or free like "free speech?" More tension: in our pharma world, are we building cathedrals or a bazaars? (see the classic work: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/) (spoiler: SAS has been our cathedral!) "Open source" thinking and work has not been planned nor designed; it's evolved from hacker types doing "cool" stuff into being used for life and death decisions (our pharma world). |
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Open Source Definition by the "Open Source Initiative": https://opensource.org/osd/ Core points:
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Differentiation required between "using" open source (consumer) and "creating/supporting" open source (contributor) might be done. A consumer of open source is for example a company using R and various open source packages, whereas a contributor is also publishing open source or collaborating in open source project (contribute, feedback, discussions). |
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According to Merriam-Webster, open source is “having the source code freely available for possible modification and redistribution”. Wikipedia defines open-source software (OSS) as a computer software as computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. |
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It is "free" like a "free puppy". It comes with a great deal of responsibility. |
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What do we mean by "open source"? What is open source?
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