Open source (disambiguation)
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Open source denotes that a product includes permission to use its source code, design documents, or content (see open source). It may also mean:
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[edit] Specific products
- Open-source software, software which permits the use and modification of its source code
- Open source hardware, or open hardware, computer hardware, such as microprocessors, that is designed in the same fashion as open source software.
- Open source record label, open source music
- Open content, another term for open source, when the distinction between source and product is less clear
[edit] Licensing
- Open Source Definition, as used by the Open Source Initiative.
- Open-source license, a copyright license that makes the source code available with a product.
[edit] Society and Culture
- Open Source history
- Open-source advocacy
- Open source ethics
- Open-source evangelist, is a person who promotes open-source software.
- Open source funding
- Open source government, open source in government
- Open-source unionism, an innovative model for labor union organization.
- Open source movement, a movement that advocates open source software.
[edit] Procedures
- Open source development model
- Open source politics, a political process that uses Internet technologies to provide a rapid feedack mechanism between political organizations and their supporters.
- Open source governance, application of the philosophies of the open source movement to democratic principles, e.g. to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of new policy.
- Open Source Committee
- Open source journalism
[edit] Organisations
Open-source software related:
- Open Source Initiative, an organization dedicated to promote open source.
- Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a non-profit corporation that provides space for open-source project.
- Open Source Technology group, news, forums, and other resources for IT
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Open Source, a radio show using open content information gathering methods hosted by Christopher Lydon
- Open source intelligence, an intelligence gathering discipline based on information collected from open sources, i.e. information available to the general public.