Wednesday, April 30, 2008

How is open source work (as a example of community produsage) different from commercial production)

Certain Examples of Differences Between Open Source and Preprioritory:
Open Source "eg: Firefox""produsage people" "Freeware" "Flexible" "Engages with Public" " Create what other public desires" "web 2.0" "Editable"

Prepriotory "Microsoft" "Internet Explorer" "Costing Software" "Liscensing" "Static" "Web 1.0" "editable, however requires new liscensing = more money" "Creates for what Business community believes that the community desires"

Hooray !!! A new Source is again entering Technology that engages towards Public.
Open Source work is another good example of representing Web 2.0. Take for example Firefox, it is a free program which allows the user to browse the internet, where as Internet Explorer is a Microsoft Program (Prepriority) to use this program its included from Windows Software which is pay-off program.(Web1.0).

Open Source allows the user to use a free program to engage on what they desire/need. The positives about Firefox is, besides being free it is more flexible then what Internet Explorer offers. Firefox allows user to engage further within websites that offers. EG: You can add plugins in firefox to download a video (such as youtube) and I.E only allows user to view the video from the site.

Although Firefox allows convenience towards multiple users online, however it promotes the user to go against copyright material. And because Firefox is a free program, its difficult to continue production (they are low on budget). This also effecting the growth for Prepriority.
Based upon Open Source Inititive "http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php"
The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the following criteria:

  1. Free Redistribution
  2. Source Code
  3. Derived Works
  4. Integrity of the Author's Source Code
  5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
  6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
  7. Distribution of License
  8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
  9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
  10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral

Although Open Source code its weaknesses but its strength is to create freeware for people who requires.

As an example: What if, when you switched from a Mac to a PC or What if the software was still maintained even if the company that produced it went out of business?

then honestly the user doesn't deserve to pay another fee for the software, this is when open source kicks in.

Prepriority software doesn't allow as much freelance such as Open Source

However... it is shown that without the Pre.. then Open Source cant determine what needs to improve.

FINISH THIS!!

1 comment:

tarakate said...

hey derek, i like your little notes to yourself. FINISH THIS!! haha
nothing insightful or intelligent to say but i'll check back later... hopefully with something with more substance... good blog though keep it up!