Questions tagged [osi]

For questions about the Open Source Initiative and its relationship to free and open projects.

The Open Source Initiative released the definition of the term "Open Source" and keeps a list of conforming licenses with a selection of recommended ones.

It's create the Open Source Definition, a "standard" in which licenses must comply to be open source. The open source reviews various licenses, and they are subject to approval. A list of licenses may be found here.

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Understanding "License Must Not Be Specific to a Product" OSS Guidelines

The copy reads: The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a particular software distribution. If the program is extracted from that distribution and used or distributed within the terms of the program's…
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What if my license is not approved by OSI or FSF?

For some reasons I will be using CC BY NC SA license thorough out my project/program, and I know that this license is not approved by OSI or FSF because it have NC ( i.e. non-commercial) clause in it. So what if I use this license anyway in my…
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