Open-Source SoftwareSome open-source software projects are devoted to the development of virtual learning communities, including Moodle and uPortal (maintained by the not-for-profit open-source software development organization, Jasig). Open-source software is developed by a community of programmers who make the software available for download at no cost.Other programmers then use the software, work with it, and improve it. Those programmers can submit their improved versions of the software back to the community.Open-source software is an early and successful example of a virtual community that we would now call a social network. Each social network is devoted to the creation, improvement, and maintenance of a particular software application. You will learn more about open-source software in Chapters 8 and 9 because much open-source software is used to run the Internet itself, Web sites, and the electronic commerce activities at many of those sites.
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