The Open Source Definition ( definition of the Open Source ) determines the requirements so that a license is regarded as free by the Open Source Initiative. It is published on the site of OSI with a list of approved licenses .

Open source does not want only to say one access to the source code. It is also necessary to take into account the criteria according to:

Source code

The program must include the source code, and must as well as allow a distribution in the form of source code in compiled form. If the certain shape of product is not distributed with a source code, there must be means publicly accessible making it possible to obtain the source code realizing a reasonable cost, to download it by additional Internet without expenses. The form most suited by which a Développeur is capable capacity to modify the program is the source code. A Obfuscation deliberated on the source code is not allowed. Forms intermediary as the form of exit of a Preprocessor or translator is not allowed.

Derived work

The license must make it possible to carry out derived modifications and work, like being distributed under same the terms as the license of the original Logiciel.

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