Integrating Open Source Source Software in Schools

In the article I’ve read about Open Source there’s this question “What if the software become obsolete? Do we have to buy new software upgrades that cost us a lot? Or do we need to buy new softwares?” this may be difficult to us who do not own much money to buy or upgrade this softwares because it’s really expensive. But there is an alternative way to make it easy for us, by using Open Source softwares. What is Open Source software? It is free downloadable softwares developed and produced by companies to provide ways to make our lives easy that’s why it is called Open Source.How can our school gain advantage to these softwares? In my opinion our school will feel more comfortable contributing to Open Source because we are assured of these rights: The right to make copies of the program, and distribute those copies legally. This is because non Open Source softwares are illegal to make copies and distribute it freely. The right to have access to the software's source code, a necessary preliminary before we can change it. Although some Open Source do not include source codes of the program. We have the right to make improvements to the program. If you are familiar to the source code provided you can make changes to these and make improvements for your convenience. Thus this makes us in an advantage, because we will not be afraid of producing copies or editing it based on these rights. And as an individual we can make money out of these softwares. http://perens.com/OSD.html