The Open Source Definition (OSD) is a policy document published by the Open Source Initiative.[when?] Derived from the Debian Free Software Guidelines...
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software and open-source software. The rights guaranteed by FOSS originate from the "Four Essential Freedoms" of The Free Software Definition and the criteria...
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The Open Definition (formerly Open Knowledge Definition) is published by the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) to define openness for any type of data,...
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requests. The Open Source Initiative's (OSI) definition is recognized by several governments internationally as the standard or de facto definition. OSI uses...
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Social Contract. No open source definition required. Perens modified the Debian Free Software Guidelines into the Open Source Definition by removing Debian...
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Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the...
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software, examine the source code, modify it, and distribute the modifications. These criteria are outlined in the Open Source Definition. After 1980, the...
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the Open Source Definition and vice versa. A small fraction of the software that meets either definition is listed here. Some of the open-source applications...
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The open-source software movement is a social movement that supports the use of open-source licenses for some or all software, as part of the broader...
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hardware-focused "open source" activities were started around 1997 by Bruce Perens, creator of the Open Source Definition, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative...
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Fork (software development) (redirect from Fork (Open Source))
copyright law without explicit permission, but free and open-source software, by definition, may be forked without permission. The word fork has been...
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Free content (redirect from Open-source content)
of Free Cultural Works" (as also in the Open Source Definition and Free Software Definition). For such free/open content both movements recommend the same...
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definition of an open-source film is based on the OSI's open-source software definition and the definition of free cultural licenses. This definition...
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Guidelines. A definition based on the DFSG was later adopted by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) under the name The Open Source Definition. Despite philosophical...
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in an open manner. The concept is related to open source and the Open Definition, whose first versions bore the title "Open Knowledge Definition", is derived...
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free-content licences. FOSS stands for "Free and Open Source Software". There is no one universally agreed-upon definition of FOSS software and various groups maintain...
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established "open source" as an alternative expression to "free software", and in 1997 Bruce Perens published The Open Source Definition. In late 1998...
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Bruce Perens, co-author of The Open Source Definition, argued that the SSPL violated its requirement for an open source license to not place restrictions...
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Free software (redirect from Free source)
considered and approved. All open-source licenses must meet the Open Source Definition in order to be officially recognized as open source software. Free software...
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Open-source Judaism is a name given to initiatives within the Jewish community employing open content and open-source licensing strategies for collaboratively...
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use of the term open-source to describe Llama has been disputed by the Open Source Initiative (which maintains The Open Source Definition) and others. Code...
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Shared Source Licenses to OSI". O'Reilly Radar. "Microsoft Limited Public License (Ms-LPL)". Microsoft. "The Open Source Definition". Open Source Initiative...
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Definition and co-founder of the Open Source Initiative. It is promoted at the web site PostOpen.org Post open source, also called "post open-source software...
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both source-available software and proprietary software (e.g. id Software's Doom). In contrast, the definitions of free software and open-source software...
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Darwin (operating system) (redirect from Open Darwin)
which did not meet the FSF definition of free software, although it did meet the requirements of the Open Source Definition. The following is a table of...
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This is a list of notable open-source video games. Open-source video games are assembled from and are themselves open-source software, including public...
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Technologies (ICT) sector in the EU, 2006 EU report in favor of adopting open source software Free File Format Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works...
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This is in violation of criteria 6 and 9 of the Open Source Definition as used by the Open Source Initiative. The SSPL is based on the GNU Affero General...
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the openness of AI systems as well as a new definition by the Open Source Initiative about what constitutes open source AI. The history of open-source artificial...
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development due to their inherently open nature. There is no single definition, and interpretations vary with usage. Examples of open standards include the GSM...
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