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Also known as libre content, libre information, or free information, is any kind of functional work, work of art, or other creative content that meets the definition of a free cultural work.
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The Definition of Free Cultural Works evaluates and recommends compatible free content licenses. Thus, one that has no significant legal restriction on people’s freedom to:
Use the content and benefit from using it, Study the content and apply what is learned, Make and distribute copies of the content, Change and improve the content and distribute these derivative works 💻 Source Free Cultural Works Wikipedia Definition..
Free Software refers to freedom, not price. It guarantees its users the essential four freedoms (Use, Study, Share, Improve) The absence of at least one of these freedoms means an application is proprietary, so non‐Free Software. Learn more.
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Welcome Welcome to the OSPO Glossary contributing guide, and thank you for your interest. There are a number of ways you can contribute to this project, which we’ll cover in detail here:
Best Practices Style guide Work on an existing issue Propose new terms OSPO glossary overview The goal of this glossary is to simplify the Open Source Program Office space and thus make it more accessible to people...
The use of open source software development best practices and the establishment of an open source-like culture within organizations for the development of its non-open-source and/or proprietary software. InnerSource is a close sibling of open source and often collaborates with or is part of the OSPO. Learn more
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InnerSource Principles are a set of guidelines that provide a framework for organizations to tap into the collective knowledge and expertise of their employees, and to create a culture of collaboration and innovation.
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Knowledge sharing refers to the exchange of information and expertise between individuals, teams, and organizations. Knowledge sharing is often a key component of open source and innerSource development practices. Learn more about knowledge sharing...
The Open Definition sets out principles that define openness in relation to data and content. Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness). Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose.
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Open innovation assumes that useful knowledge is widespread, so that one needs to innovate by developing effective mechanisms to access this useful knowledge, and to share useful knowledge with others. Open Innovation is based on the fundamental idea that useful knowledge is now widespread throughout society. No one organization has a monopoly on great ideas, and every organization, no matter how effective internally, needs to engage deeply and extensively with external knowledge networks and communities...
Open source refers to a type of software that allows users to freely use, modify, and distribute the source code of a program that must comply with certain distribution criteria.
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Open source culture refers to a set of values and practices that promote collaboration, transparency, and community-driven development. It is often associated with the open source software movement, but can be applied to other areas as well, such as open science, open hardware, and open education. This Glossary references the four opens philosophy, created by the Open Infra (former OpenStack) community. Learn more.
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Background Open source is intertwined in the development of modern technologies and serves as the foundation of the vast majority of codebases across all industry sectors and technology areas, such as Artificial Inteligence and Machine Learning or Cybersecurity.
What is an OSPO? An open source program office (OSPO) serves as the center of competency for an organization’s open source operations and structure. It is responsible for defining and implementing strategies and policies to guide these efforts...
To understand what an open source software ecosystem is, researchers <a href="https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/87103">https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/87103</a> have first explored the definition of software ecosystems. According to this research, some widely accepted definitions of software ecosystems are:
A set of actors functioning as a unit and interacting with a shared market for software and services, together with the relationships among them A collection of software projects which are developed and evolve together in the same environment...
Open Works refers to the meaning of “Open” with respect to work products and projects that are released into the public domain or under a license recognized by an entity such as, but not limited to, the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the Free Software Foundation GNU, the Creative Commons (CC) or the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) with the intent of promoting a robust community of collaboration around the work itself and other work that it may interoperate with...
Welcome to the OSPO Glossary Welcome to the glossary for the Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs). As you may know, the world of open source is vast and complex, with many different terms and concepts that can be difficult to navigate. Our aim with this glossary is not to provide a definitive or general definition of these terms, but to clarify what we mean specifically under the context of an OSPO framework (stratey, governance, compliance and community) for organizations...
A software bill of materials (SBOM) is a nested inventory for software, a list of ingredients that make up software components.
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Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX9 is an open standard for software bill of materials (SBOM). SPDX allows the expression of components, licenses, copyrights, security references and other metadata relating to software.
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Software Supply Chain is composed of the components, libraries, tools, and processes used to develop, build, and publish a software artifact.
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Use simple, accessible language, avoiding technical jargon and buzzwords Avoid colloquial language Use literal and concrete language Omit contractions Use passive voice sparingly Aim to phrase statements in a positive form No exclamation marks outside of quotations Do not exaggerate Avoid repetition Be concise Audience The Glossary is written for a technical AND non-technical audience...