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Opensource misunderstanding and free software.

Monday, 27 December 2010 § 0

The terms "open source" and "Free software" are well known among the computer users. Most of people use these terms interchangeably as many of today's "open source" softwares are available free of cost.

For example, sourceforge.net which is world largest repository of "open source" community software with over 180,000 projects organized under a wide range of different categories. This site having served over a period of about a decade mentions that it offers free "open free source" software. Such mixed use of these terms make them appear one and the same thing at least to the lay man.

"Open source" software term is said by Eric Raymond and its definition is maintained by non-profit corporation named OSI or "open source initiative". The OSI is also considered as the bastion of what is called "open source movement" in comparison to the free software movement these two movements complement each other in certain ways. Sourceforge.net provide standards if any one wants to release software under OSI approved license. These standards are simply a collection of recommended best practices that a software should have to be labeled as open source. any software license to be termed as open source,it must give complete access to source code,no discrimination against the people or industry to used. Any one can use the term open source as it is not trade mark. this means any company can release its software and term or suggest it as open source. It might allow software author to restrict distribution of modified source code under certain conditions.

Due to these conditions, open source is termed as a software development methodology in which free source code is central theme for review and community participation for improvement of the software. And this does not mean that software itself is free.

The freedom to run the program means the freedom for any kind of person or organization to use it on any kind of computer system, for any kind of overall job and purpose, without being required to communicate about it with the developer or any other specific entity. In this freedom, it is the user's purpose that matters, not the developer's purpose; users are free to run the program, and if author distribute it to someone else, then person is free to run it for his purposes, but author is not entitled to impose his purposes.

The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable forms of the program, as well as source code, for both modified and unmodified versions. (Distributing programs in run able form is necessary for conveniently installable free operating systems.) It is OK if there is no way to produce a binary or executable form for a certain program (since some languages don't support that feature), but you must have the freedom to redistribute such forms should you find or develop a way to make them.

Free software stand for respecting user's freedom where open source stands to promote a better software development approach against the property, and open source appeals business decision makers as they would not like to go issues surrounding free software. On the other hand,free software has nothing to do with marketing tactics as it considers property software a social problem.

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Deer Hunting Online - The Buck Just Got More Advanced!

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 § 0

Today more and more people are getting into community games online. Online games are usually free to play and a simple to download can offer hours of unlimited fun. Some sites may ask you to join their membership sites and creating an account with them. However, many online gaming sites require no such membership affiliation. One game that keeps improving over the years is deer hunting online. This type of hunting game has really evolved with technology. They are no longer just the funny little characters running around you just blast to oblivion.

Today they are much more sophisticated, more detailed, and even harder to make a kill. The kind of games that make the real deer hunters salivate over if you know what I mean. The deer or whatever animal you are hunting is much more lifelike. The back grounds used seem as real as the real wilderness they portray. The weaponry is up to date and life like looking as well. Put all these pieces together, and you have a great receipt for an exciting game of deer hunting.

There is one thing you can add to the mix to make it even more enjoyable and that something is your imagination. Stop for a second and just think about where you could go, perhaps to Maine USA to hunt caribou, or even the plains of Africa in hunt of that big game trophy. Your imagination is the key to a real life experience in game hunting online. Allow your imagination to take you on the adventure of a life time as a big game hunter.

Another great way for you to make your online hunting a great experience would to, get involved with the community of people who are also using that particular site. Now you have a chance to play a great game and meet new people from all over the word at the same time. Most of these sites have special contest for their registered guests to play, some even give away real prizes. Other sites may give you bragging rights but hey it just for fun anyway right.

You can also try to get your friends or a family member involved as well. They can sign up on the same site and you compete against each other or work as a team against others online. Have you ever been stuck in the house on a miserable rainy day with nothing to do? Not anymore just, log into the adventure of a life time and start playing a hunting game of your choice. I'll bet after the first time you won't wait for a rainy day to play again.

No matter what kind of deer hunting game you want to play I'm confident that you can find it online. There is everything from just plain funny to the most serious types of deer hunting games. Each game requires it own set of skills, don't think for a second that just because it looks easy that it is. Even the simplest of games offer their own challenges.

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