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Introduction to Social Impact of Free and open source Software :-

Open-source software refers to the computer software which source is open means the general public can access and use. In short it is referred as OSS. The source code of open-source software is public. It uses the code freely available on the Internet. This code can be modified by other users and organizations means that the source code is available for anyone to look at. As the software is open to the public, the result is that it constantly updates, improves and expands as more people can work on its improvement. The price of open-source software is very less and there are not so many restrictions on users based on usability and modification of software.

Some examples of open source software are Fire fox, Open Office, Gimp, Alfresco, Android, Zimbra, Thunderbird, My SQL, Mailman, Moodle, TeX, Samba, Perl, PHP, KDE etc.

Objectives of Social Impact of Free and open source Software :-

  • Promote Digital Inclusivity: Ensure equitable access to technology for all, regardless of financial status.
  • Foster Collaboration and Community: Encourage global teamwork and knowledge-sharing among diverse contributors.
  • Enhance Education and Skill Development: Provide free tools for learning and technical skill growth.
  • Encourage Innovation: Enable rapid development and improvement of software through open collaboration.
  • Ensure User Autonomy and Control: Empower users to modify and customize software to meet their needs.
  • Support Sustainability and Longevity: Promote software that evolves over time through community contributions.
 

List of References :-

  • Monika Sharma, learn about the social and financial impacts of Open Source, collaborative Organization flourishing in recent years. on February 18, 2018
  • Bhattacharya, I, Sharma, K (2007). India in the knowledge economy
  • Gera, , R. Roy, and T. Songsakul (2006)
  • Wheeler, David A. (May 8, 2014). “Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS)
  • Golden, :     Open     Source     Maturity      Model     ©      Navica, 

Method for Qualification and Selection of Open Source software (QSOS) version 1.6 © Atos Origin (April 2006), http://qsos.org/

Summary of Social Impact of Free and open source Software :-

This Chapter analyses the impact of public policies supporting open-source software (OSS). Users can be divided between those who know about the existence of OSS, the “informed” adopters, and the “uninformed” ones; the presence of uniformed users yields to market failures that justify government intervention. We study three policies: i) mandatory adoption, when government forces public agencies, schools, and universities to adopt OSS, ii) information campaign, when the government informs the uninformed users about the existence and the characteristics of OSS and, iii) subsidisation, when consumers are paid a subsidy when adopting OSS. We show that the second policy enhances welfare, the third is always welfare decreasing while mandatory adoption can be either good or bad for society depending on the number of informed and uninformed adopters. We extend the model to the presence of network effects, and we show that strong externalities require “drastic” policies.

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