Open-sourcing

Open-sourcing is the act of releasing previously Proprietary Software under an Open Source / Free Software license.

Notable software packages which have been open sourced include:

Netscape Navigator , the code of which became the basis of the Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox Web Browser s

StarOffice , which became the base of the OpenOffice.org Office Suite

Global File System , was originally GPL'd , then made proprietary in 2001(?), but in 2004 was re-GPL'd.

SAP DB , which has become MaxDB , and is now distributed (and owned) by MySQL AB

InterBase database, which was open sourced by Borland in 2000 and presently exists as a commercial product and an open-source fork ( Firebird )

Before changing the license of software, distributors usually audit the source code for third party licensed code which they would have to remove or obtain permission for its relicense. Backdoor s and other Malware should also be removed as they may easily be discovered after release of the code.

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