Open Source🔗
Open Source Software refers to applications / libraries / frameworks whose design and code is publicly available, which allows users to modify and share updated versions.
Opposite of "proprietary" software, which a company sells to you and does not allow you to modify or usually even inspect.
Generally trustworthy because of transparency, but don't click on random links / downloads / scripts.
Contributing🔗
Open Source projects rely on contributors (from 1 to many) to write, bugtest, fix, and document code.
Paid Open Source🔗
Some Projects also rely on funding from users / sponsors.
This includes - One Time Donors - Patronage: donating on a schedule - Hosted / Paid Services: Providing support for the product or providing computing resources that are already running the product.
Created: June 7, 2023