A term was needed that focuses on the key issue of source code and that does not immediately confuse those new to the concept." Christine Peterson, who coined the term "open source," tried to address this problem by replacing ‘free software’ with ‘open source’: "The problem with the main earlier label, ‘free software,’ was not its political connotations, but that-to newcomers-its seeming focus on price is distracting. "Free as in freedom, not as in beer" the community has tried to explain. Free software does not necessarily mean free to own, just free to use how you might want to use it. The name "free software," however, has caused a lot of confusion. Closed source code cannot be legally altered or copied, and the user pays only to use the software as it is intended-they cannot modify it for new uses nor share it with their communities. Only the owners of the source code have the legal right to access that code. Closed source software is highly guarded. The free software movement organized itself around the idea of user freedoms: freedom to see the source code, to modify it, to redistribute it-to make it available and to work for the user in whatever way the user needed it to work.įree software exists as a counterpart to proprietary or "closed source" software. This input guides Red Hat's development.įor a long time open source software held the earlier label of "free software." The free software movement was formally established by Richard Stallman in 1983 through the GNU Project. We then contribute these improvements back to the original project for the benefit of the community as a whole.Īs customers use our software, they provide feedback, submit bug reports, and request additional features as their needs shift.
Red Hat builds upon these open source projects, hardening security, patching vulnerabilities, and adding new enterprise features.
We start with community-built open source software that meets the needs, partially or fully, of our customers. Red Hat developers actively participate in hundreds of open source projects across the IT stack. Linux®, Ansible, and Kubernetes are examples of popular open source projects.Īt Red Hat, we use an open source software development model to create our enterprise open source products and solutions. Many open source projects are hosted on GitHub, where you can access repositories or get involved in community projects. The software is then released under an open source license, so anyone can view or modify the source code. An open source development model is the process used by an open source community project to develop open source software.
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