Open Source definition

Open Source software used herein shall mean software that is available without charge for use, modifica- tions and distribution and is often licensed under terms that require the user to make the user’s modifications to the Open Source software or any software that the user ‘combines’ with the Open Source software freely available in source code; or c) violate the respective Open Source licenses and related terms and conditions.

Open Source means any Software or other Intellectual Property that is distributed under an open source license such as (by way of example only) the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, Apache License, Mozilla Public License, BSD License, MIT License, Common Public License, any derivative of any of the foregoing licenses, or any other license approved as an open source license by the Open Source Initiative.

Open Source means computer software, computer program, and any other material that is published for use, with rights to access and modify, by any person for free, under a generally recognised open source licence;

Examples of Open Source in a sentence

• The Software may also contain open source software components that are distributed under the GNU General Public License, the PostgreSQL License, the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 or any other open source or third party software license applicable to such open source software components (“Applicable Open Source Software License”).

• In the event of conflicts between the provisions of this Agreement and those of the Applicable Open Source Software License, those of the Applicable Open Source Software License shall prevail.

• You recognize and accept that the licensing of such open source software components is governed by the Applicable Open Source Software License as additional terms of this Agreement.

• The Licensee unconditionally accepts the license conditions of the Open Source Software listed as described above and will comply with any obligations set out in these license conditions.

• The use of the open source software is subject to the Open Source Licenses including the copyright and permission notices referred to in Section 16 of this XXXX.

More Definitions of Open Source

Open Source means any software that requires as a condition of its use, the modification and/or distribution of such software or other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such software be: (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form; (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; or (ii) redistributable at no charge.

Open Source means with respect to Software and any licenses of same, that Software provided under a license which permits the user to run, copy, distribute, study, change, modify and/or improve the Software but which prohibits the user from: (a) withholding improvements and/or modifications made by the user to the source code when and/if user thereafter distributes the Software; and/or (b) adding restrictions on use when redistributing or transferring the Software to third parties. For purposes of this Contract, “Open Source” Software shall also include “Free Software” as defined by the Free Software Foundation Inc. By way of example and not limitation, “Open Source” licenses shall include such licenses as the GNU General Public License, the Mozilla Public License 1.1, Apache Software License Version 2.0, the Academic Free License 2.0, and Open Software License 2.0.

Open Source means any software having license terms that require, as a condition of use, modification, or distribution of the software that such software or other software combined or distributed with such software be (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or (iii) redistributable at no charge.

Open Source means Software that is generally available in source code form and that is distributed under a license which, by its terms, (i) does not prohibit licensees of such Software from licensing or otherwise distributing such Software in source code form, (ii) does not prohibit licensees of such Software from making modifications thereof, and (iii) does not require a royalty or other payment for the licensing or other distribution, or the modification, of such Software (other than a reasonable charge to compensate the provider for the cost of providing a copy thereof).

Open Source means any Software that is distributed as “free software,” “open source software” or under a similar licensing or distribution model (an “Open Source License”), including the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL) and the Apache License, or any other license described by the Open Source Initiative as set forth on xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.

Open Source means with respect to Software and any licenses of same, that Software provided under a license which permits the user to run, copy, distribute, study, change, modify and/or improve the Software but which prohibits the user from: (a) withholding improvements and/or modifications made by the user to the source code when and/if user thereafter distributes the Software; and/or

Open Source means any software, which is subject to license terms and conditions currently listed at http://opensource.org/licenses/ or meeting the criteria listed at http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php or which is subject to any similar free or open source license terms.