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17. Open Source Software

28/11/22

Library​

  • 3rd part software packaged up and ready-to-use in your application
  • It is a shared resource
  • Jar file (post compilation) - created via jar tool
  • API (pre compilation) - Publicly accessible methods

Open Source​

  • Open Source Software is free software that uses a license approved by the Open Source Imitative from their list of approved open source licenses.

Software Licence​

  • Apache Licence 2.0 > Permissive Licence
  • BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" licence > Permissive licence
  • GNU General Public Licence (GPL) > CopyLeft licence
  • MIT Licence > Permissive Licence
  • Mozilla Public Licence 2.0 > Permissive Licence