PErisian Sumber Terbuka vs. Perisian Sumber Tertutup
1. PERISIAN SUMBER TERBUKA VS. PERISIAN SUMBER TERTUTUP
Open Source Software Vs. Proprietary Software
Definition for Open Sources Software
a copyrighted program in which the source code is available for public to use freely, study,
change and modified to make it work better and can distrubute to others.
Definition for Proprietary Software
software distributed under a licensing agreement to authorized users with private modification,
copying and republishing restrictions.
Differences between Open Sources Software and Proprietary Software
Perisian Sumber Terbuka Perisian Sumber Tertutup
Non-Proprietary Proprietary Software
Open Sources Software Closed Source Software
Source Code Provided for public user Not provided
Kod Sumber Disediakan untuk pengguna umum Tidak disediakan
Modification User can modify the software User cannot modify the software
Pengubasuaian Pengguna boleh mengubahsuai kod program Pengguna tak boleh ubahsuai program
Costing No need to purchase Must buy the software
Kos/Harga Tak perlu dibeli Perlu beli perisian itu
Help Support Relies on its software community Full support from vendor
Bantuan Sokongan Bergantung kepada komuniti perisian itu Sokongan sepenuhnya dari pembekal
User can install the software into any User must have a license from vendor
Installation computer before install into a computer
Pemasangan Pengguna perlu ada lesen dari pembekal
Pengguna boleh membuat pemasangan pada
sebelum membuat pemasangan pada
mana-mana komputer
komputer
Examples of Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Windows,
Software Google Chrome Adobe Flash Player,
Contoh Perisian Linux Fedora PS3 OS,
iTunes,
Adobe Photoshop,
Google Earth,
Mac OS X,
Skype,
WinZip,
and some versions of Unix.( such as
BIND, Sendmail, X Window System,
DHCP)