ITEC 65: Open Source Software Definitions
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This document provides definitions for various terms associated with open source software and related concepts. Topics include open source licenses, software examples like OpenOffice and LibreOffice, operating systems like Linux and Ubuntu, and security concepts like encryption.
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ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs Refers to something people can modify Open Source and share because it's design is publicly accessible....
ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs Refers to something people can modify Open Source and share because it's design is publicly accessible. A type of computer software in which source code is released under a license Open Source Software (OSS) in which copyright holder grants the right to use, study or change. Believed to be the first example of free A-2 System and open source system Advanced Research Projects Agency 1969 Network (ARPANET) was constructed. People who wished to share their source Hobbyists and Hackers code with other programmers and/or with users on a free basis Founded in 1955, began collecting and SHARE program library distributing free software. Apache OpenOffice Open source Office software Calligra Suite Libre Office A successor projects of OpenOffice.org Apache Open Office and IBM Lotus Symphony. A word processor of Open Office and Writer Libre Office A spreadsheet of Open Office and Libre Calc Office A presentation program of Open Office Impress and Libre Office A vector graphics editor of Open Office Draw and Libre Office A tool for creating and editing mathemat- Math ical formulae of Open Office and Libre Office A database management program of Base Open Office and Libre Office 1/6 ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs Calligra Suite A graphic art and office suite by KDE. A word processor of Calligra Suite with Words the ability to import MS Word documents. Sheets A spreadsheet program of Calligra Suite A presentation Program of Calligra Suite, Stage formerly known as KPresenter. A visual database management program Kexi of Calligra Suite. A project management application of Plan Calligra Suite. A notetaking and mindmapping program Braindump of Calligra Suite. A programmable flowchart drawing pro- Flow gram of Calligra Suite, formerly known as Kivio. A vector graphics editor of Calligra Suite, Karbon formerly known as Karbon14. A digital painting program of Calligra Krita Suite, formerly known as Krayon. An e-book authoring application of Cal- Author ligra Suite A project of The Document Foundation Libre Office and was forked in 2010 from OpenOf- fice.org. GNU Cash Open Source Accounting Software RCA Open-Source Application(ROSA) An accounting program that implements Gnu Cash a double entry bookkeeping system. An open-source management account- RCA Open-Source Application (ROSA) ing application that aims to provide deci- sion support information to managers. Linux Open Source Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux 2/6 ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs A family of open source Unix-like Operat- ing systems based on Linux Kernel. Linus Torvalds Publisher of Linux Debian Fedora Popular Linux Distributions Ubuntu Routers, automation controls, smart home technology, televisions, automo- Linux Embedded Systems biles, digital video recorders A linux Distribution based on De- Ubuntu bian mostly composed of free and open-source software. Desktop Server Three editions of Ubuntu Core Canonical Developer of Ubuntu Apache HTTP Server FileZilla Open Source Website software XAMPP A free and open-source cross-platform Apache HTTP Server web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. An open community of developers that Apache Software Foundation developed and maintained Apache. A free software, cross-platform FTP ap- FileZilla plication, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. SourceForge Filezilla's source code is hosted on. A free and Open source cross platform XAMPP server solution package. Chromium Open Source Browsers and communica- Firefox tion applications Chromium Used to make the Chrome Browser.. 3/6 ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs Many other browser are based on this Chromium Code code notably Microsoft Edge and Opera. A free and open-source web browser Mozilla Firefox developed by Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation. Gecko Layout Engine What firefox uses to render web pages. Code name of Firefox by community Pheonix members. Netscape Navigator The spiritual successor of firefox. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) CrossCrypt Open Source IT Security IPFilter Original name, Rijndael is a specification Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encryption of electronix data. Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen Developers of AES 128, 192, 256 bits Three different key lengths of AES. An open source on the fly encryption CrossCrypt program for Microsoft XP/2000. A virtual Disk driver for Windows FileDisk NT/2000/XP and is what CrossCrypt is based on. Commonly referred to as IPF, is an open source package that provides firewall IPFilter services and Network Address Transla- tion (NAT) He removed IPFilter from being part of Theo de Raadt OpenBSD Blender Gimp Open Source Images/Multimedia OpenShot A free and open source 3d computer Blender graphics software toolset used for creat- ing animated films. 4/6 ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs A free and open source raster graphics GNU Image Manipulation Program editor used for image manipulation and (GIMP) image editing. OpenShot Video Editor A free and open source video editor. Jonathan Thomas Developer of OpenShot in August 2008. ATOM IDLE Open Source Development Tools DEV-C++ A free and open source text and source ATOM code editor. A framework that enable cross plat- Electron form desktop application using Chromi- um. Atom is based on. Integrated Development and Learning An integrated development environment Environment (IDLE) for Python. A free full featured Integrated Develop- Dev-C++ ment Environment (IDE) for program- ming in C and C++. A series of widely-used free software GNU General Public License (GNU licenses that guarantee end users the GPL) freedom to run, study, and modify the software. Writer of the GPL licenses and former Richard Stallman head of Free Software Foundation (FSF) Released on Feb 25 1989, prevented what were then the two main ways that GNU GPL version 1 software distributors restricted the free- doms that define free software. Was the "Liberty or Death" clause, sec- tion 7 where licensees may distribute a GNU GPL version 2 GPL covered work if it satisfies all the license's obligation. License VS Contract 5/6 ITEC 65 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h1odbs Contracts are enforceable by the con- tract law, while Licenses are enforced under Copyright Law. Libre Software Also known as Free Software. It exists in order to protect authors of doc- Copyright umentation or soft ware from unautho- rized copying and selling of their work. Provides a method for software or doc- mentation to be modified and distributed CopyLeft back to the community. If it remains "li- bre". 1. Copyleft is about User Freedom 2.Copyleft is more than just permission 3 Concepts of Copyleft 3.Copyleft isn't always free 6/6