The Open Source Definition (OSD), maintained by the Open Source I
The Open Source Definition (Annotated)
The sections below appear as annotations to the Open Source Definition (OSD) and are not a part of the OSD. A plain version of the OSD without annotations can be found here. Introduction Open sourc…
Something Big Happened in 1998
It is reasonable to accept that OSI founded Open Source with the Open Source Definition.
Open Source is Broken
The Open Source movement, as championed by the OSI, prizes absolute openness above all other concerns...
Open Source is Broken
The Open Source movement, as championed by the OSI, prizes absolute openness above all other concerns...
I hate the term “open source”
It doesn’t accurately reflect how people are building today anymore.
I Don’t Want to Know What “Open Source” Means
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all on GitHub.
Refactoring OSD: draft of OSD 1.99 - HackMD
# Refactoring OSD: draft of OSD 1.99 This is mirrored to GitHub for versioning purposes, but (to th
Degrees of Open Source
I realized that I never captured what I learned about the nature of open source projects anywhere, so here’s one attempt to rectify this omission. The way I understand the concept of “open source” …
Open Source Initiative
The steward of the Open Source Definition, setting the foundation for the Open Source Software ecosystem.
“Open Source” Is Nobody’s Property
if OSI owned it, they wouldn’t be so touchy about it
The Rules of Open Source No Longer Apply | Built In
When free software first gained traction, the world looked very different.
Open Source is Broken
The Open Source movement, as championed by the OSI, prizes absolute openness above all other concerns. Openness, they claim, is an absolute good, from which all other virtues flow, not to be questioned or criticized. It doesn’t matter if that openness enables evil in the world, without openness we
The Philosophy of Open Source in Community and Enterprise Software
Open Source Initiative (OSI) Logo The idea behind open source software is a simple one. Developers decide to make the source c...
Open source is 20: How it changed programming and business forever
"The reward of victory is often another set of battles."
