The Open Source Definition Introduction …

                  The Open Source Definition
Introduction                                                  5. No Discrimination Against Persons or
                                                              Groups
Open source doesn't just mean access to the source
code. The distribution terms of open-source software          The license must not discriminate against any person or
must comply with the following criteria:                      group of persons.

1. Free Redistribution                                        6. No Discrimination Against Fields of
The license shall not restrict any party from selling or      Endeavor
giving away the software as a component of an
                                                              The license must not restrict anyone from making use of
aggregate software distribution containing programs
                                                              the program in a specific field of endeavor. For
from several different sources. The license shall not
                                                              example, it may not restrict the program from being
require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
                                                              used in a business, or from being used for genetic
2. Source Code                                                research.

The program must include source code, and must allow          7. Distribution of License
distribution in source code as well as compiled form.
                                                              The rights attached to the program must apply to all to
Where some form of a product is not distributed with
                                                              whom the program is redistributed without the need for
source code, there must be a well-publicized means of
                                                              execution of an additional license by those parties.
obtaining the source code for no more than a
reasonable reproduction cost preferably, downloading          8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
via the Internet without charge. The source code must
                                                              The rights attached to the program must not depend on
be the preferred form in which a programmer would
                                                              the program's being part of a particular software
modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source
                                                              distribution. If the program is extracted from that
code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the
                                                              distribution and used or distributed within the terms of
output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed.
                                                              the program's license, all parties to whom the program
3. Derived Works                                              is redistributed should have the same rights as those
                                                              that are granted in conjunction with the original software
The license must allow modifications and derived works,
                                                              distribution.
and must allow them to be distributed under the same
terms as the license of the original software.                9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software

4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code                      The license must not place restrictions on other
                                                              software that is distributed along with the licensed
The license may restrict source-code from being
                                                              software. For example, the license must not insist that
distributed in modified form only if the license allows the
                                                              all other programs distributed on the same medium
distribution of "patch files" with the source code for the
                                                              must be open-source software.
purpose of modifying the program at build time. The
license must explicitly permit distribution of software       10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
built from modified source code. The license may
                                                              No provision of the license may be predicated on any
require derived works to carry a different name or
                                                              individual technology or style of interface.
version number from the original software.




                  The Open Source Definition