The Case for Open Source
Open Source has made some significant leaps in recent years. What does it have to offer education? In these days of tightened belts, accelerated global competition, and a growing need to equip both educators and students with the skills they need to innovate, more and more districts are exploring the open source option. Essentially, open source software differs from commercially developed, or closed source, software in that the application's source code is publicly distributed and available for modification by users. Open source relies to a great extent on the free software movement. In this context, the term “free” refers not to cost but to the freedom users have to modify the source code. More: http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604245
