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(New page: Category:Encyclopedia'''Open source''' or '''open-source''' is the idea that source code for a piece of software is freely available for viewing and modifying. According to the [http:/...) |
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[[Category:Encyclopedia]]'''Open source''' or '''open-source''' is the idea that source code for a piece of software is freely available for viewing and modifying. |
[[Category:Encyclopedia]]'''Open source''' or '''open-source''' is the idea that source code for a piece of software is freely available for viewing and modifying. The term "Open Source" is a trademark of the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Initiative]; This means that OSI must approve of a license before it can be described as an open-source license. |
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:#Free Redistribution: the software can be freely given away or sold. (This was intended to expand sharing and use of the software on a legal basis.) |
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:#Source Code: the source code must either be included or freely obtainable. (Without source code, making changes or modifications can be impossible.) |
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:#Derived Works: redistribution of modifications must be allowed. (To allow legal sharing and to permit new features or repairs.) |
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:#Integrity of The Author's Source Code: licenses may require that modifications are redistributed only as patches. |
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:#No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups: no one can be locked out. |
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:#No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: commercial users cannot be excluded. |
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:#Distribution of License: The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those parties. |
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:#License Must Not Be Specific to a Product: the program cannot be licensed only as part of a larger distribution. |
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:#License Must Not Restrict Other Software: the license cannot insist that any other software it is distributed with must also be open source. |
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:#License Must Be Technology-Neutral: no click-wrap licenses or other medium-specific ways of accepting the license must be required. |
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The [[MIT/X11 License]] is an example of an open source license. |
The [[MIT/X11 License]] is an example of an open source license. |
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==See Also== |
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* [http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd The Open Source Definition] |
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* [http://www.opensource.org/licenses List of Open Source Licenses] |
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Revision as of 04:31, 31 January 2008
Open source or open-source is the idea that source code for a piece of software is freely available for viewing and modifying. The term "Open Source" is a trademark of the Open Source Initiative; This means that OSI must approve of a license before it can be described as an open-source license.
The MIT/X11 License is an example of an open source license.