Open Source Definition


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Open Source Definition

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(OSD) Definition of distribution terms for open source software, promoted by the Open Source Initiative.

http://opensource.org/osd.html.
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(92.) What is Free Software?, supra note 88 (discussing Freedom 1, the freedom "to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish"); The Open Source Definition (Annotated), supra note 91, [section] 2 (discussing the Source Code principle).
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Microsoft responded to these comments either by pointing out how their licenses complied with the Open Source Definition or by revising them.
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The Open Source Definition, notably, presents an open-source philosophy, and further defines a boundary on the usage, modification and redistribution of open-source software.
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