BBC News: Getting the most from open source

"Open source is a strange phrase. To many, it suggests someone has left the top off the ketchup bottle, but in the hi-tech world it is both a way of life and some say the future of the computer industry."

"Open Source is where the source code which makes up the application is freely available to download, to distribute, to review," said Paul Holt of open source technology company Redhat."