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Digital Transformation is a
Solution to Revitalize the This issue
Economy Open Source Revolution P.1
IT Managemen Tips P.2
Digital transformation is Non-Profit Solution P.3
considered to be a solution Trends and New sofware P.4
to improve Indonesia's
economy, which has
declined due to the impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic. Exploring open source software oppertunities.
"The Covid-19 pandemic
has caused economic Similar to free software, open source open source software is a type of
weakness in almost all software is software that can also be software whose source code is open
sectors, especially tourism, freely obtained and distributed. to study, change, improvement and
entertainment, Unlike the case with free software distribution.[1] Because of this
transportation, MICE, the which is not necessarily allowed to nature, generally the development is
clothing and automotive see the original code, open source carried out by an open community
industries. Only with digital software can be read programming that aims to develop the software in
transformation can we get code according to the original. This question. Community members are
out of this crisis," said programming code can also be often voluntary but can also be
Expert Staff for Legal changed, modified and developed by employees of a company who are
Affairs at the Ministry of us by taking into account the paid to help develop the software.
Communication and applicable rules in accordance with The resulting software products are
Information, Henri Subiakto, the software license. usually free by adhering to certain
at the Webinar for rules and ethics.
Acceleration of Digital As an example to understand the
Transformation for difference between these two types of Screenshot of the Linux Mint
Indonesia's Economic devices can be illustrated for example operating system with the Xfce
Recovery, Thursday the Microsoft company at one time desktop environment, Mozilla Firefox
(03/09/2020). made one of its products into free opening Wikipedia, calculator
software. This means anyone can get programs, calendar, Vim, GIMP, and
Henri also added that the it for free. However, you are not VLC. All of them are open source
Covid-19 pandemic had led allowed to later modify and develop software.
to rampant layoffs, causing the software product.
many people to lose their All free software is open source
income. Even the national In conclusion, open source software software, but otherwise open source
economic growth was is definitely free software, but software is not necessarily free
recorded at negative 5.3% in otherwise free software is not software, depending on the rules used
the second quarter. necessarily open source software. in licensing the open source software.