[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

open source n. common; also adj. `open-source' term coined in march
   1998 following the mozilla release to describe software distributed in
   source under licenses guaranteeing anybody rights to freely use, modify,
   and redistribute, the code. the intent was to be able to sell the
   hackers' ways of doing software to industry and the mainstream by
   avoiding the negative connotations to suits of the term "free
   software". for discussion of the follow-on tactics and their
   consequences, see the open source initiative http://www.opensource.org
   site.


see also:
suit free software 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

open source
     
         a method and philosophy for software
        licensing and distribution designed to encourage use and
        improvement of software written by volunteers by ensuring that
        anyone can copy the source code and modify it freely.
     
        the term "open source" is now more widely used than the
        earlier term "free software" promoted by the free software
        foundation but has broadly the same meaning - free of
        distribution restrictions, not necessarily free of charge.
     
        there are various open source licenses available.
        programmers can choose an appropriate license to use when
        distributing their programs.
     
        the open source initiative promotes the open source
        definition.
     
        the cathedral and the bazaar
       
     http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar.html.
        was a seminal paper describing the open source phenomenon.
     
        open sources - o'reilly book with full text online
        http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/perens.html.
     
        articles from zdnet
        http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/opensource/.
     
        1999-12-29
     
     
see also:
source code free software free software foundation open source licenses open source initiative open source definition 
lt;the cathedral and the bazaargt; lt;open sources - o'reilly book with full text onlinegt; lt;articles from zdnetgt; 

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