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open source

vr.tr.open-source · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain open source, relay definitions, licences, governance, business models and debates from OSI, FSF and software engineering sources with positions attributed, flag instance aliases, and distinguish open source from free software as a philosophy, freeware, source-available licences, public domain and open standards.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain open source, relay definitions, licences, governance, business models and debates from OSI, FSF and software engineering sources with positions attributed, flag instance aliases, and distinguish open source from free software as a philosophy, freeware, source-available licences, public domain and open standards.

A model of development and distribution in which source code or designs are made available under licences that let anyone use, study, modify and share them, defined for software by the Open Source Initiative s Open Source Definition of 1998, related to but philosophically distinct from the free software movement founded by Richard Stallman, and extended to hardware, data and designs; the registry aliases name open-source typefaces and font families such as Latin Modern, cm-super and Nimbus Roman No. 9 L, which are instances, and open-source cars, vehicle designs shared openly. Licences range from permissive, such as MIT and Apache, to copyleft, such as the GPL, and compliance matters for organisations.

What it is for: Collaborative, openly licensed development.

It can be explain definitions and licences; relay governance and business models; present debates with attribution; flag instance aliases.

Distinguishing features

Access to source

Permission to modify and share

Community governance

Licence obligations

What it looks like

Not a physical object; seen in public repositories, licence files and community projects.

Physical character

Open Source Definition: 1998 year - OSI

GNU Project announced: 1983 year - Richard Stallman

GPL version 3: 2007 year

How it is recognised

Openly licensed development model

Open-source Unicode typeface, open-source typeface, open-source car, cm-super, Latin Modern, Nimbus Roman No. 9 L

Free software stresses user freedom; freeware is free of charge only; source-available licences restrict use; public domain has no copyright; open standards are specifications

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms, model

software development

is defined by -

Open Source Initiative

is contrasted with - philosophy

free software

includes - instance

Latin Modern

In practice

Families and kinds

open-source software

open-source hardware

open fonts

open data and designs

permissive and copyleft licensing

Standards and regulation

Open Source Definition

Licences such as GPL, MIT and Apache 2.0

EU Cyber Resilience Act provisions on open-source stewards

Failure modes and hazards

Licence non-compliance

Partisan framing of free versus open debates

Treating instances as kinds

Also called

open-source Unicode typefaceopen-source typefaceopen-source carcm-superLatin ModernNimbus Roman No. 9 LTIPAInternational SignWriting Alphabet 2010Baloo

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What open source is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is open source, and how does it differ from free software, freeware, source-available licences, public domain and open standards? definition
  2. Is the question about using a project, licence compliance, which may need legal advice, or contributing? boundary

Aliases

Named aliases.

Aliases

Aliases.

  1. What are open-source typefaces such as Latin Modern, cm-super and Nimbus Roman No. 9 L, and open-source cars? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific project? action
Licensing Licences.

Regulation.

Permissive

Permissive licences.

Permissive

Permissive.

  1. How do MIT and Apache licences work, in general terms? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Copyleft

Copyleft licences.

Copyleft

Copyleft.

  1. How does the GPL require sharing modifications? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Community Governance and business.

Attribution.

Governance

Project governance.

Governance

Governance.

  1. How are open-source projects governed by foundations and maintainers? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Linux Foundation? action

Debates

Free versus open.

Debates

Debates.

  1. What do FSF and OSI supporters argue about free software and open source, and about relicensing to source-available, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Security and hardware.

Context.

Security

Supply chain security.

Security

Security.

  1. What supply chain risks such as the 2024 xz backdoor affect open source, as reported? provenance
  2. Which entry fits software supply chain? action

Hardware

Open hardware.

Hardware

Hardware.

  1. How does open-source hardware licensing work? provenance
  2. Which entry fits open-source hardware? action

What the second pass must settle

  • The registry aliases for specific fonts should be split off as instances
  • Should open-source hardware be a separate entry?
  • How should licence texts be linked?