Preface
Free and open source software (FOSS) is everywhere and is the driving force behind nearly all software developed today. According to some estimates, it’s not uncommon for FOSS components to make up over 90 percent of a modern piece of software. A programmer will take one component—say, one that does authorization—then write some code to integrate it with another that provides communication over the internet, then to one that logs all errors and traffic, and then to yet another that displays a user interface based upon a selection of predesigned templates: dozens or hundreds of FOSS components, integrated and customized to support your company’s unique business logic, brought together in days to create software that previously would have ...
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