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Open Source: history, definition, current trends, examples
Definition:
The Open Source Initiative notes "open source software is made by many people and distributed under an [open software development] OSD-compliant license which grants all the rights to use, study, change, and share the software in modified and unmodified form. Software freedom is essential to enabling community development of open source software."
Useful resources on Open Source:
Open Source Foundation. (2020). Open Source Initiative. https://opensource.org/
Updates on open source licenses and community developments.
Schrape, J.-F. (2017). Open source projects as incubators of innovation: From niche phenomenon to integral part of the software industry. (Research contributions to organizational sociology and innovation studies/Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Organisations- und Innovationssoziologie : SOI discussion paper, 2017-03). Stuttgart: Universität Stuttgart, Fak. 10 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Abt. VI Organisations- und Innovationssoziologie. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51837-3
Provides a brief history of the open source movement and current role in software innovation.
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1.9.5. Open Source: history, definition, current trends, examples
Author: Stephanie Krueger
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Last Updated: October 28, 2021