Open Source definition

Open Source means any software or other material that is distributed as “free software”, “open source software” or under a similar licensing or distribution model (including but not limited to the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public License (MPL), BSD licenses, MIT Licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), materials licensed under any Creative Commons license and the Apache License).
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;
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.

Examples of Open Source in a sentence

  • The Company is, and has been, in material compliance with the licenses applicable to such Open Source.

  • Each of the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the material terms and conditions of licenses for the Open Source Materials that are listed in Schedule ‎2.11(o)(i) of the Companies Disclosure Letter.

  • To the extent any third-party open source software components are incorporated, such components are subject to their respective open source licenses and are disclosed in the Open Source Dependencies Disclosure column below.

  • Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any Employee or Contractor acting on its behalf has contributed material Company-owned proprietary source code to any Open Source project or released any material Company-owned proprietary source code under an Open Source License in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in actual material economic impairment to the Company.

  • Each of the Companies owns all rights, title, and interest in the Company Developed AI, free and clear of all Encumbrances except for Open Source Materials disclosed in Schedule ‎2.11(o)(i).


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 computer Software that is released on the internet for use by any person, such release usually being made under a recognised open source licence and stating that it is released as open source;
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 all software and other material that is distributed as “freeware,” “free software,” “open source software” or under a similar licensing or distribution model. Open Source includes any software and other material that is distributed under any license listed or that is substantially similar to any license listed at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/licenses.
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.