Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” ...

I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...

Open source refers to a type of software whose source code, the human-readable instructions that make up the program, is made freely available for anyone to access, use, modify, and distribute. Unlike ...