Open+Source

Open Source


 * Open Source-the program's ﻿source code﻿ is freely available to the public. carmen would not want to use an open source program because it would make it easy for her site to be tampered with-RD **

=== Open Source- refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. This lets Carmen choose if she wants someone else to know about the software she uses, she can open it for all to see. -MAD ===

Open Source: Software which contains a source code (the program instructions) that can be given out freely. This language can be improved by others as long as they understand it. The problem with an open source software is that because it can be so freely modified, it is prone to malicious programming. If Carmen were to use an open source software she would need to have the language encrypted so that it would not be able to be tampered with. RP