What is open-source software,nine fields for open-source software engineers and various career prospects in open-source

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE:-

1.) Open-source software can be described up as software in which both the license and source code are available to the public.

2.) It gives the rights to the local public, to access and study he source code as well as it provides up with various options such as to change and distribute the edited copies to anyone and to everybody for any given purpose.

3.) The reasons for the popularity and adoption of open-source environment is due to its useful properties such as the security, affordability,flexibility,interoperability,perpetuity,transparency,and localization.

4.) The classic example in the field of the open-source can be given as GNU (General Public License), it allows up to free distribution of copyright and license to general public.

5.) The various foundations of the open-source can be described as Mozilla Foundation, Wordpress Foundation and Linux Foundation.

6.)  Open-source software is also been gaining importance in the IT world, as it provides up with more freedom of action and lower costs, to the general public.

7.) Today’s IT industries are been in search for high level of creating values, to create effective lower level values and the creation to the OSS players.

8.) This field is also gaining momentum, due to the economic slowdown in the enterprises due to organization looking to optimizing their IT budgets, so it is seriously migrating to the open-source solutions and software to address to their needs.

NINE fields for open-source software engineers:-

1.) Linux

2.) Latex

3.) Scilab

4.) Inkscape

5.) Zotero

6.) Libre Office

7.) Artha

8.) Calibre

9.) VLC Media Player

Career Prospects in Open-Source Software:-

1.) Open-Standards in Domain Vertical and Solution Architects.

2.) Open-source software/ Linux System Administration.

3.) Software Engineer/Application Development/Maintenance.

4.) Testing using open-source software tools.

5.) Project Management-Open Source Software Implementation.