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

  • Open Source Software that is delivered as part of the Product and which may not be removed or used separately from the Product is covered by the warranty, support and indemnification provisions applicable to the Product.

  • Open Source Software may have additional terms that apply to the use of the Product as set out in the Documentation.

  • The Open Source provisions in the Agreement do not apply to the Product.

  • To the extent required by the license that accompanies the Open Source Software, the terms of such license will apply in lieu of the terms of this Agreement with respect to such Open Source Software, including, without limitation, any provisions governing access to source code, modification or reverse engineering.

  • Instead, each item of Open Source Software is licensed under the terms of the end-user license that accompanies such Open Source Software.


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 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 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: