Difference between revisions of "Open Source"

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Open Source is a general term covering a wide range of uses of [[Copyleft]] licenses, as opposed to the traditional [[Copyright]].
 
Open Source is a general term covering a wide range of uses of [[Copyleft]] licenses, as opposed to the traditional [[Copyright]].
  
Open Source grew out of the [[Free and Open Source Software]] movements.  
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Open Source grew out of the [[Free and Open Source Software]] movements, in particular out of [[Richard Stallman]]'s [[General Public Licence]], which was the first copyleft license.
  
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Some prominent developments under the Open Source movement include:
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*[[Free and Open Source Software]]
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*[[Open Source Hardware]]
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*[[Open Design]]
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*[[Open Source Culture]]
  
 
[[Category:Open Source]]
 
[[Category:Open Source]]

Latest revision as of 17:26, 20 October 2010