Importance of "Open Source" in Education

Technological developments in the world continues to grow rapidly, especially in Indonesia as a developing country. Implementation and utilization of technology must be mastered by children of the nation who will become the successor to the nation later.
Synonymous with computer technology in general that we know and is operated by an operating system. This operating system will be used to perform operations and installation of applications to support the company's performance and offices.
That's needed for IT experts who can help to give instruction to the public on the development of this technology. Open source is a term used for developers who include the source code and does not charge for the license or in other words there is no license in the program or application and operating system are made. Free. However the developer is allowed to collect funds distribution to users.
Talking about open source of course there will be many questions and arguments related to this issue. Open source needs to be applied in the education world because in addition to its free, also we can get the source code. This means that we can rebuild the application or operating system that included the source code is legal because the open source under GPL (General Public License). We have made modifications to the program, report this to the GPL and confirm. Next is completed. Just like that, if not on behalf of the program made on behalf of itself if the program comes from other people.
 Is it difficult to open source? The answer is not difficult, just need to habituation. Examples of open source is the Linux operating system, word processing application is now open office.org existing version libre office.org, Exaile player application again, and much more.
Habituation of open source need to apply early because if not, piracy will continue to do, and piracy is prohibited. It also can reduce the cost of expenditure. Can we imagine if you have to buy a program to license USD. 2,000,000 per program. With a free application that is only spending about USD. 10,000 for postage costs only and have qualities that are not much different than the paid applications. Obviously we would prefer which one? With so later Indonesia could have accreditation in the production technology and stop piracy. We can do it. When do again if not now? (*)