Citizen Patent

Open Source

1. Open Source Initiative

Unless for some extraordinary reasons, all Private Cyberspace related technologies should offer at least one Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved license as part of its Licensing Options Program.

2. Open vs Free (rant)

While we support the OSI and its work, we do not agree with its use of the word "Open" instead of "Free".

We believe what OSI calls "Open Source" is actually "Free Source" as defined by the Free Software Foundation.

"Open Source" should be used for "Source-Available" but the "Open Source" horse has already bolted, so it is a bit late to close the stable door now :(

Red Hat vs GPLv2