Common use of Openness Clause in Contracts

Openness. OCP encourages as much open source contribution as possible, but understands that in certain cases 100% open source contribution may not be possible. Whether fully open source or not, a contribution should strive to comply with a set of already existing open interfaces, at the very least provide one. Providing a solution compatible with already existing OCP contributions is one way to implement existing (open) interfaces.

Openness. OCP encourages as much open source contribution as possible, is possible but understands that in certain cases 100% open source contribution may not be possible. Whether fully open source or not, a contribution should strive to comply with a set of already existing open interfaces, at the very least provide one. Providing a solution compatible with already existing OCP contributions is one way to implement existing (open) interfaces.