Common use of Contribution to Standards Clause in Contracts

Contribution to Standards. ‌ All outputs (technically all knowledge produced by the project1) will be open and free, in the sense defined by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)2 and the Free Software Foundation3. Specifically, all software will be made available to the community under a GNU General Public Licence (GPL) and all documents will be made available to the community under a Free Documentation Licence (FDL). This adherence to the philosophy of open systems for all activities and results will help contribute, if not to formal standards, at least to common usage and mutual sharing of knowledge in the community, thereby fostering more effective collaboration. Because the GPL / FDL licences are copy- left licences, this ensures that all works or results that are derived from the results of the euCognition activities will also be open and free (and available under GPL / FDL licences).

Contribution to Standards. ‌ All outputs (technically all knowledge produced by the project1) will be open and free, in the sense defined by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)2 and the Free Software Foundation3. Specifically, all software will be made available to the community under a GNU General Public Licence (GPL) and all documents will be made available to the community under a Free Documentation Licence (FDL). This adherence to the philosophy of open systems for all activities and results will help contribute, if not to formal standards, at least to common usage and mutual sharing of knowledge in the community, thereby fostering more effective collaboration. Because the GPL / FDL licences are copy- left licences, this ensures that all works or results that are derived from the results of the euCognition activities will also be open and free (and available under GPL / FDL licences).