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The Open Source Definition

The Open Source Definition (OSD) is a policy document published by the Open Source Initiative in 1998. Derived from the Debian Free Software Guidelines written by Bruce Perens, the OSD is the predominant standard for open-source software. The definition has ten criteria, such as requiring freely accessed source code and granting the open-source rights to…

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Compliant licenses

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Debian-legal tests for DFSG compliance

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The Open Source Definition

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Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
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The Open Source Definition

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related to External links · 17
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related to Open source · 9
The Open Source Definition → As Netscape, Bruce Perens, DFSG, It, Mozilla, Open Source Definition, Open Source Initiative, OSI, The OSI
related to Criteria · 7
The Open Source Definition → Derivative, For, Free, In, No, Providing, There
related to Derived definitions · 6
The Open Source Definition → Open Definition, Open Source Definition, Principles, Statement, The Open Knowledge Foundation's, The Open Source Hardware
related to Reception · 4
The Open Source Definition → Free Software Foundation, FSF, It, Nevertheless

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software free source definition open debian open-source licenses license dfsg list must code guidelines social contract perens debian-legal program criteria

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documentationinstance ofand as this decision was made by developers after and during discussion of how we should consider non-software content0.80text
firmwareinstance ofand as this decision was made by developers after and during discussion of how we should consider non-software content0.80text
I don't believe I can justify the policy decisions to exempt documentationinstance ofand as this decision was made by developers after and during discussion of how we should consider non-software content0.80text
or content any longerinstance ofand as this decision was made by developers after and during discussion of how we should consider non-software content0.80text
as the Social Contract has been amended to cover all these areasinstance ofand as this decision was made by developers after and during discussion of how we should consider non-software content0.80text
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaProviding0.60section
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaFree0.60section
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaIn0.60section
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaDerivative0.60section
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaNo0.60section
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaThere0.60section
The Open Source Definitionrelated to CriteriaFor0.60section

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