{"id":20722,"date":"2016-02-22T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/3688340"},"modified":"2016-02-22T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T16:45:00","slug":"defining-freedom-in-the-open-source-software-space-cloudexpo-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/defining-freedom-in-the-open-source-software-space-cloudexpo-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining \u2018Freedom\u2019 in the Open Source Software Space | @CloudExpo #Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Forbes contributing writer and enterprise software, application development, and data management expert Adrian Bridgwater discussed how important it is to understand what freedom really means in the open source world. In open source, the word \u201cfree\u201d refers to the liberty that users have in running, distributing, changing and improving the software, rather than its price.<br \/>\nIn fact, while \u201cfree\u201d is an appealing word to many C-suite executives, it\u2019s of prime importance that those who are just now considering implementing open source software in their organization understand that it\u2019s the liberty that open source allows that benefits the enterprise, not necessarily the price tag. Open source allows for great freedom for how software is modified, used and shared within an organization, which can lead to greater creativity, innovation, and productivity free from licensing or functionality concerns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/3688340\" >read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Forbes contributing writer and enterprise software, application development, and data management expert Adrian Bridgwater discussed how important it is to understand what freedom really means in the open source world. In open source, the word &ldquo;free&rdquo; refers to the liberty that users have in running, distributing, changing and improving the software, rather than its price.<br \/>\nIn fact, while &ldquo;free&rdquo; is an appealing word to many C-suite executives, it&rsquo;s of prime importance that those who are just now considering implementing open source software in their organization understand that it&rsquo;s the liberty that open source allows that benefits the enterprise, not necessarily the price tag. Open source allows for great freedom for how software is modified, used and shared within an organization, which can lead to greater creativity, innovation, and productivity free from licensing or functionality concerns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/3688340\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20723,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20722\/revisions\/20723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}