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GNU GNU refers to GNU’s Not Unix. GNU project emphasizes on freedom and thus its logotype shows a gnu, an animal living in freedom. The GNU project was initiated by Richard M Stallman with an objective to create a system compatible to Unix but not identical with it. With time, GNU project expanded and now it is not limited to only an operating system. Now, it offers a wide range of software, including applications apart from operating system. To understand the role and contribution of GNU in free and open source software, you should be aware of its background. But if we give the history of GNU project, we shall be going beyond the scope.      

Mobile commerce is the combination of mobile financial services and mobile customer relationship management (CRM). Some of the major players are : - mBanking -    account management,   account alerts,   check account deposit,   transfer funds,   customer service via text etc. mPayments -   Most of the major brands are building mobile-specific apps to serve their clients for example     Companies like Firethorn, Sybase 365, Monitise, Digby, Kony Solutions, Pay Pal, Vaultus, VivoTech, PayPal and WorkLight etc,  purchase goods and services, pay a bill using a phone, ticketing. mVouchers -    coupons and gift cards,    mobile vouchers. mRemittance -  Mobile commerce also allows airtime on phone, money transfer between people and organizations.    Airtime transfer becomes a token for money transfer. For eg Companies like Sybase 365, P2P Cash, Obopay, Bling Nation.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OSS AND FLOSS OSS refers to open source software , which refers to software whose source code is available to customers and it can be modified and redistributed without any limitation. An OSS may come free of cost or with a payment of nominal charges that its developers may charge in the name of development, support of software. FLOSS refers to free liber and open source software or to free livre and open source software. The term FLOSS is used to refer to software which is both free software as well as open source software . Here the words libre and livre mean freedom

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEPENDS ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: 1        Free Redistribution 2        Source code 3       Derived cod          Integrity of the author’s source code 5      No discrimination against persons or groups        No discrimination against fields of endeavor         Distribution of license 8     The license must not restrict other software        License must not be specific to a product          License must be technology neutral

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Open software , can be freely used but it does not have to be free of change. Here the company constructing the business models around open source software may receive payments concerning support, further developments. What is important to know here is that in open source software, the source code is freely available to the customer. Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply.

FREEDOM SOFTWARE “FREEDOM SOFTWARE ” is a matter of liberty, not price. TO understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech”, not as in “free beer.” Free software is a matter of the user’s freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software : 1.        The freedom to run the program, for any purpose 2.        The freedom to study how the program works, and adopt it to your needs. 3.        Access to the source code is a precondition for this. 4.        The freedom to redistribute copies so you help your neighbor 5.        The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.