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Revision as of 12:41, 25 January 2008

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Open Source

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Software covered by some form of open licencing agreement.

Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to vendor lock-in.

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