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What OSI mostly does in that space is giving a definition for "open source" https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd Having a definitions for a te
by johannes1234321 2y ago
What OSI mostly does in that space is giving a definition for "open source"
https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd
Having a definitions for a term is good, as it makes sure thee is a common reference in usage. If everybody uses a different definition it hinders discussion.
If that definition doesn't serve your needs better use a different term (there are more or less related other terms like free software, shared source, libre software etc)
Licenses more or less automatically fall under that definition or not (yeah, yeah, there is a process by OSI for certification, but that is relatively close to the definition)
- frumper 2y agoI've always read the term open source as the source is available for me to read so I know what I'm running. Beyond that if I'm an adventurous sort then I could try and compile it to run for my personal usage. Windows 95 was closed source because we couldn't read the source code, not because we couldn't contribute or fork it.