You can even add the term Collaborative Source (cf. from our License FAQ: http://www.jahia.org/jahia/Jahia/pid/336 )
What are the differences between the terms open source, collaborative source and developer source?
All these categories of licenses allow any authorized end-users to access to all the source code of the application, but there are some differences on when you can access to the source and what you can do with it.
- An open source license is usually so named when the license is compliant with the OSI organization (www.opensource.org).
- A collaborative source license gives you the right to access to the complete source code for free and to be able to redistribute it to a third party. However there are some limitations on certain kind of use (e.g. internal deployment use or commercial use) where you still have to pay a license royalty.
- A developer source license only gives you the right to access to the source code of the application only when you have bought a license (no free access).
Hope this can help. In the ideal world, the OSI would have to define a policy with official and approved licenses for all these categories of "open source" products. Not only for Free Software (first category).
Regards
Stéphane Croisier
www.jahia.org
At 17:02 07.11.2002 -0600, you wrote:
"Developer Source" I like that. LuxOn Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 02:27 PM, Anthony Eden wrote:The most common term I have seen is "Developer Source". This indicates that you are provided a copy of the source code upon purchase of the product but you are not allowed to redistribute it with or without modifications. Sincerely, Anthony Eden-- John Luxford Simian Systems
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