OPEN SOURCE AND FREE SOURCE
NURSING INFORMATICS ||BARCEBAL, ANGELA A. BSN- 2N
Source code: technical blueprint
Open source – usually free
- Not usually user friendly
Close source – stable
- Private, only owner can access
- Customer service available
- Not free
OPEN SOURCE
- Said to promote software reliability and
quality by supporting independent peer
reviewed rapid revolution of source code, as
well as making it freely available.
- In addition to providing free access to the
programmer’s instructions to the compute in
the programming language in which they
were written, many versions of open-source
license allow anyone to modify and
redistribute software
- The open-source initiative (OSI) has created
the certification mark “OSI certified”
- The actual category of software that is
considered free is almost exactly the same
as  the actual category of software that
is  considered open source.
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FREE SOFTWARE
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are
that respects user’s freedom and community
- Freedom to run, copy, distribute, study,
change, and improve the software
- Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty
not price
FOUR ESSENTIAL FREEDOMS
1. To run program as you wish for any purpose
(freedom 0).  free
2. To study how the program works and change it
so does you’re computing as you wish (freedom
1)
- Access to the source code is a precondition
3. To redistribute copies so you can help neighbor
(freedom 2)
4. To distribute copies of your modified versions to
others. (Freedom 3)
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- Free software does not mean noncommercial
- But regardless of how you got your copies,
you can always have the freedom to copy
and change the software even to sell copies
- Most free software licenses are based on
copyright, and there are limits on what
kinds of requirements can be imposed
through copyright.
- However, some free software licenses are
based on contracts, and contracts can impose
a much larger range of possible restrictions.
That means there are many possible ways
such a license could be unacceptably
restrictive and nonfree.
COMPARE/ CONTRAST
- Free and open ideologies are distinct
- Basically, refer to the same software
licenses, with a few minor exceptions
- “Open source” software is used by some
people to mean more or less the same
category as free software
o accept some licenses that we consider
too restrictive, and there are
free software licenses they have not
Side Note: both can access source
accepted 
o Nearly all free software is open source
and nearly all open-source software is
- OSS/FS has been described as the electronic
equivalent of generic drugs
- In the same way as the formulas for generic
drugs are made public so OSS/FS source
code is accessible to the user. Any person
can see how the software works and can
make changes to the functionality.
- As the OSS/FS can be obtained royalty free,
it is less expensive to acquire than
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proprietary alternatives. This means OSS/FS - Symbian smart-phone operating system – by

can transform healthcare in developing Nokia
countries just as the availability of the
generic drugs have
DATA PROCESSING
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- VistA is the “mother of all health care
VistA (Veterans Health Information System and
applications”. It is not strictly OSS/FS but
has been promoted by it Technology Architecture)
- patient records, prescriptions, laboratory
results, and other medical information. It - Collection and manipulation of items of date
contains to produce meaningful information
- Process of putting information into a
among other components, integrated hospital computer so that the computer can organize
management, patient records management, it, change its form, and etc.
and medical imaging systems. - Also, the conversion of raw data to machine
readable form and its subsequent processing
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (storing, updating, rearranging, printing
data) by a computer
- Databases:
o LDAP
o MySQL (database) - Nurses continually collect data about their
o PostgreSQL (relational database with clients. The data are organized and processed,
ability to do stored procedures)  producing information about client needs and
- Knowledge Management: potential interventions.
o Plone (open source content management - Using an intensive nursing knowledge database,
system) the information is interpreted
o Knowledge Tree - Goal of the plan is to caring cost-effective
- Telephony: quality care
- Asterisk (A Phone system [PBX] that - In modern healthcare, the process of moving
also supports Voice Over IP technology) from data collection to implementing and
o Elastix evaluating and individualized plan of care is
o FreePBX highly dependent on automated database
o Trixbox CE systems.

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- Operating systems and Desktop on – ensuring that supplied data is “clean,
environments correct, and useful”
- Linux - Operating system kernel 2. Sorting – arranging items in some sequence
- Ubuntu - Linux distribution with full and/or in different sets
compliment of software for everyday use. 3. Summarization – reducing detail data to its
See also Kubuntu that runs the KDE desktop main points
which some people find this easier if they 4. Aggregation – combing multiple pieces of
previously used MS Windows. Ubuntu is an data
easy-to-use operating system based on and 5. Analysis – the collection, organization,
made possible by the Debian project. analysis, interpretation, and presentation of
- Google Chrome OS - Lightweight operating data
system based around the web browser 6. Reporting – list detail or summary data or
- Android smart-phone operating system – by computer information
Google / Open Handset Alliance
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7. Classification – separates data into various

categories

DATA PROCESS
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NOTES FROM VIDEO: the creator to address the problems 
- Now that you understand the difference
between open and closed source software
OPEN SOURCE VS. CLOSED SOURCE
You
SOFTWARE

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Almost every piece of computer software is can take advantage of the type that best
created using source code or the technical meets your needs 
blueprint that tells a program how to function 
- When creators release their finished product to NCP SPEAKER SERIES – KNOW THE
the public, they must decide whether to make PEOPLE DATA PRIVACY RIGHTS;
their software open source of closed source  THEY’RE YOUR RIGHTS TOO!
- With closed source software, also known as
proprietary software the public is not given  Rights in the date privacy act 
access to the source code, so they can't see, or
Right to be 
modify it 
- But with open source software, the source code
is publicly available And programmers can see,
- Informed 
or modify that code, if they desire  - Object 
- Keep in mind, that you don't have to read or - Access 
change any code in order to use an open source - Ratification 
product  - Erasure or blocking 
- The vast majority of apps, games and other - Damages 
popular software are closed source However, - Data portability 
there are open source options for many types
of programs  Right to file a complaint before the national
- If you want an open source alternative to privacy commission  .
Microsoft Office, you could use LibreOffice
∙ Instead of using Windows, you could use
an open source Linux operating system 
- Other open source examples include the Firefox
web browser and WordPress blogging platform ∙
One of open sources biggest advantages, is that
it’s usually free Though some features and
technical support may cost extra 
- Also, since the code is available to anyone who
wants it, public collaboration can find bugs, add
features, and improve performance Within a
relatively short amount of time 
- With that said, open source software is not
perfect It may not be as user friendly as closed
source software, And if you run into trouble, it
may be difficult to find technical support
Especially for less popular programs 
- As for closed source software, It's more likely to
be a stable, focused product And if you need
support, customer service is typically easier to
access 
- However, closed source software often
costs money and if it has any bugs, or
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