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5.2. Open Source — What do we mean?

  • Open Source Initiative

    • The ‘open source’ label was invented February 3rd, 1998 in Palo Alto, California

    • Wanted an alternative to “free software”

    • ‘Open source’ coined by Chris Peterson

    • Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open-source software must comply with the 10 enumerated criteria