The focus on licensing does not mention the collaborative nature of open
source.
How about:
Open source is a collaborative software development model in which
anyone can use or modify software for any purpose without payment of fees.
If you want a longer introduction, you could go into "The Why", but that
might be a bit much for beginners. The current length is good.
Kind regards,
Ben.
On 17/10/17 07:52, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
Hi Jody,
Should something be added in about the software/projects being community driven?
bobb
On Oct 10, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Jody Garnett
<jody.garn...@gmail.com<mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Can I invite review of "what is open source":
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/what-is-open-source/
I took our values from the brochure (the open source, and open geospatial)
along with some inspiration from Helena's passion about open source projects
being more that just software.
One point that was brought up at foss4ge was the importance of explaining "free and
open". I think I have managed to do this - serving as a bridge between the ideas of
open source, free software foundation promoting the concept of free and open, and how
free and open is being applied in our community in the areas of open education, open data
and open science.
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