What is Open-Source?

What Open-Source is?

Open-Source is denoting software which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.Open-Source can be a type of software.It calls Open-Source software.

It is a very useful kind of software as people can share their ideas of coding or design with others.There is no doubt that it is a effective way to improve a person's programming skills by learning from other source codes such as the coding skills.

For me,Open-Source is not suitable for me because the most of the source codes of others are too difficult to understand.In other words,they are higher level than mine.I am just a beginner.Thus,I can't learn a lot of from those Open-Source.But in general,it still really a knowledgeable tool for learning and strengthening the skills of programming.

What are open-source organisations?

Open-source organisations means that they are companies or some organisations specialized in developing Open-Source software.

They are not-for-profit and charitable organisations supporting the open source software movement.There are several examples. 

Apache Software Foundation  

The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of open source software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits contributors potential legal exposure.  

The Document Foundation  

The Document Foundation is proud to be the home of LibreOffice, the next evolution of the world's leading free office suite. It is an independent self-governing meritocratic entity, created by former leading members of the OpenOffice.org Community, in the form of a charitable Foundation under German law (gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts).  

The Eclipse Foundation  

The Eclipse Foundation hosts a large community of over 300 open source projects and 8 industry working groups such as IoT, Automotive or Aerospace. The Foundation provides a set of services and best practices to enable vendor-neutral collaboration on open source technology.  

Free Software Foundation  

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a "nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users." Free software is about having control over the technology we use in our homes, schools, and businesses, where computers work for our individual and communal benefit, not for proprietary software companies or governments who might seek to restrict and monitor us.  

Linux Foundation  

Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading technology companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation is the nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.

Reference

https://opensource.com/resources/organizations