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Why Open Source

Open Source Software (OSS) is provided with a license that gives the end user the right to use it with complete (not free of cost always) for private or commercial use. OSS comprises of features such as the users' right to a) inspect and modify the underlying source code, b) sell or distribute original or modified version of OSS, c) distribute the modified source code for others' benefit.

As a developing country, Bangladesh has been long experiencing the glimpse of Open Source Software in a very limited and narrow exposure especially with the sight of Linux, PHP and MySQL mostly. In contrast, the original Proprietorship software costs more than twice the cost of one high performing personal computer, which in real sense, a country like Bangladesh can no way afford or depend on. With the forthcoming enactment of ICT Act 2006 that legally restricts the use of pirated proprietorship software, the computer users in Bangladesh would really and legally have to depend on the use of Open Source Software extensively. As opposed to the expensive proprietorship software, it is now high time that an organized project based effort to mobilize the open source software, develop local contents development, and localize open source applications to gradually build an information society in Bangladesh.

To know more Why Open Source please visit:

• The wikipedia on Open Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
• David E. Jones article - http://incubator.apache.org/ofbiz/whyopensource.html
• David A. Wheeler' s article "Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS)? Look at the Numbers!"

Other Affairs

BdOSN signed MoU with Bangladesh TeleCentre Network

BdOSN and Bangladesh TeleCentre Network (BTN ) will work together to promote open source philosophy in grass root level. The volunteers of BdOSN will provide assistance to the members of BTN who wanted to run their centre with open source software. They will extend their cooperation to the grass root youth for developing skill for open content creation and distribution. BTN, through their network, promote users regarding software piracy and will create awareness among its members so that they can choose between different options of software. In this regard, BdOSN and BTN signed a MoU on 12th July 2008.

Dhaka, July 12, 2008 READMORE

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Anti Tobacco Campaign at BRAC University held

Every year 57,000 Bangladeshi had died and another 3,52,000 had become crippled because of Tobacco. Worldwide tobacco industries targeted the youth for expanding their market. The statistics shows that more of the youth who are habituated with tobacco stick to it than other age groups. So, it is very important to keep the youth free from tobacco. This call once again was uttered in the anti-tobacco campaign organized by BdOSN and BUSEF on 7th July 2008. Dr Zainab Ali, Director, Student Affairs of BRAC univerisity (BRACU) presided over the programme while Professor Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor, BRACU and Dr Mostafa Zaman, NPO, NCD, WHO and Mr Munir Hasan of BdOSN attended the meeting as guest of honour.

Dhaka, July 07, 2008 READMORE

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July Issue of Mukto Barta Published

The thitd issue of BdOSN's monthly bulletin just published. Check the publication section of this website.

Dhaka, July 07, 2008

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BdOSN Monthly Talk - Searching life in outer space:The Open approach

The form of life in outer space may be different, they may look like alien, may have a very big head compare to body or may have only head! Who knows? But if they are intelligent enough then they must know how to transmit and receive radio signal. This is the motto of the searching extraterrestrial intelligence in the SETI project. The open model of the SETI@Home project allowed people from different corner of the world to collaborate, to analyze the huge amount of data in a distributed computing environment. All the above were revealed in the monthly talk of BdOSN on 28th, June 2008. The talk was held in FREPD auditorium. Mr Omar Shehab and Ms Sabila Enun, both the core members of BdOSN delivered their talks on the open model of collaboration and computing.

Dhaka, June 28, 2008 READMORE