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Open source software: 20 years and counting

Open source software: 20 years and counting: Open source software: 20 years and counting

Twenty years ago, in February 1998, the term “open source” was first applied to software. Soon afterwards, the Open Source Definition was created and the seeds that became the Open Source Initiative (OSI) were sown. As the OSD’s author Bruce Perens relates,

“Open source” is the proper name of a campaign to promote the pre-existing concept of free software to business, and to certify licenses to a rule set.

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Published on 3 February 2018 by Alan Category: SoftwareTag: Counting, Open, Software, Source, Years

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