Open Source Software

The idea of a radical opening, as described in the Lecture 1.3 – Public Art & Pedagogy: Experimental Pedagogy, is the idea of taking something that was previous closed to the public and allowing access to this think to everyone. This idea in art reminds me of the very popular idea in computer science that seems to be taking over the industry, this idea is “Open Source Software.” The concept is to make software that can be modified by anyone, allowing collaboration over the internet form anyone, resulting in amazing softwares being produced.

The group of Linux operating systems is best know to be free and open source and is described here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux. This platform has allowed individuals to design their own operating system using a general outline provided by others. The collaboration creates a platform that is constantly changing and improving because of the creative people all over the world.