The Open Source Definition (redirect from Debian Free Software Guidelines)
Derived from Bruce Perens' Debian Free Software Guidelines, the definition is the most common standard for open-source software. The definition has ten criteria...
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unofficial builds. The Debian Free Software Guidelines are used by the Debian project to determine whether a license is a free license, which in turn...
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Debian Project Leader and three foundational documents: the Debian Social Contract, the Debian Constitution, and the Debian Free Software Guidelines....
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for the Debian Free Software Guidelines that serve as the basis of the Open Source Definition. Debian believes the makers of a free software operating...
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(APT) is a free-software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian and Debian-based Linux...
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Free Cultural Works Debian Free Software Guidelines The Open Source Definition "What is free software? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation". Gnu.org...
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GPL is "free" in the sense of "lacking any restrictions." The Debian project uses the criteria laid out in its Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)....
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years." In 2006, Debian developers voted to consider works licensed under the GFDL to comply with their Debian Free Software Guidelines provided that the...
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definitions that describe an almost identical set of software. The most notable are Debian Free Software Guidelines published in 1997, and The Open Source Definition...
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free software, notably the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In 1998, Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond began a campaign to market open-source software...
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efforts of sustaining a software ecosystem for their field The Debian 8 "Jessie" release consists of approximately 43,000 software packages. Therefore, without...
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determine whether it considers a software license open source. The definition was based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines, written and adapted primarily...
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portal Free and open-source software portal Anaconda Calamares Ubiquity Wubi Official website "Debian "bookworm" Release Information". Debian. Retrieved...
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version of Debian is Debian version 12, codename "Bookworm". The next up and coming release of Debian is Debian 13, codename "Trixie". Debian always has...
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Vrms (category Debian)
agreed not to be too problematic for Debian to distribute but does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines and therefore cannot be included in their...
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about 250 are expected. DebConf13 Vaumarcus Sponsoring Brochure. Debian. Free and open-source software portal DebConf website DebConf video archive v t e...
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Deflate (section Using Deflate in new software)
of software licenses: Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Debian Free Software...
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software license qualifies for the organization's insignia for open-source software. The definition was based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines,...
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Open Source Initiative (category Free and open-source software organizations)
"Debian's "Social Contract" with the Free Software Community" (Mailing list). 2025-04-24. Any organization can use the Debian Free Software guidelines...
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creation of the Open Source Definition that was based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The OSI has become one of the main supporters and advocators...
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free and open-source software licenses Contributor License Agreement Copyleft Debian Free Software Guidelines Definition of Free Cultural Works Free license...
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Deb (file format) (redirect from Debian package)
well as filename extension of the software package format for the Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives. Debian packages are standard Unix ar archives...
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Q Public License (category Free and open-source software licenses)
2. It fails the Debian Free Software Guidelines, used by several Linux distributions, though it qualifies for the FSF's Free Software Definition; however...
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MIT License (redirect from MIT software license)
some debian-legal contributors on how certain licenses follow the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). ... Licenses currently found in Debian main...
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for different domains in Free Software Definition, Open Source Definition, Debian Free Software Guidelines, Definition of Free Cultural Works and The Open...
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ISC license (category Free and open-source software licenses)
some debian-legal contributors on how certain licenses follow the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). ... Licenses currently found in Debian main...
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one of the following expert groups: the Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative, the Debian Project and the Fedora Project. For a list of...
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version 2.3 license, but was categorized as non-free software according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Job scheduler § Batch queuing for HPC clusters...
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Sybase Open Watcom Public License (category Free and open-source software licenses)
not been accepted as "free" under the Debian Free Software Guidelines, due to the license's termination clauses. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has...
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aptitude is a front end to APT, the Debian package manager. It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages...
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