COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition – in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. To be approved by the Open Source Initiative (also known as the OSI) a license must go through the Open Source Initiative’s license review process.

Detailed explanation-2: -With closed source software (also known as proprietary software), the public is not given access to the source code, so they can’t see or modify it in any way. But with open source software, the source code is publicly available to anyone who wants it, and programmers can read or change that code if they desire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Windows is a closed source operating system marketed by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced the Windows operating system on 20 November 1985. Closed Operating Systems are built with numerous codes and complex programming and that is called source code.

Detailed explanation-4: -Closed source software ( sometimes called proprietary software) refers to software that has essentially “closed” access to its source code. This means that unauthorized agents (including software users) are prohibited from interacting with software code.