Software: The Open Source Definition

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Software

 List of free and open-source software packages

 Open-source license, a copyright license that makes the source code available with a
product
o The Open Source Definition, as used by the Open Source Initiative for open
source software
 Open-source model, a decentralized software development model that encourages open
collaboration
 Open-source software, software which permits the use and modification of its source
code
 History of free and open-source software
 Open-source software advocacy
 Open-source software development
 Open-source-software movement
 Open-source video games
o List of open-source video games
 Business models for open-source software
 Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
 Diversity in open-source software
 MapGuide Open Source, a web-based map-making platform to develop and deploy web
mapping applications and geospatial web services

Not to be confused with OpenStreetMap (OSM), a collaborative project to create a free


editable map of the world.

Agriculture, economy, manufacturing and production


 Open-source appropriate technology (OSAT), is designed for environmental, ethical,
cultural, social, political, economic, and community aspects
 Open-design movement, development of physical products, machines and systems via
publicly shared design information, including free and open-source software and open-
source hardware, among many others:
o Open Architecture Network, improving global living conditions through
innovative sustainable design
o OpenCores, a community developing digital electronic open-source hardware
o Open Design Alliance, develops Teigha, a software development platform to
create engineering applications including CAD software
o Open Hardware and Design Alliance (OHANDA), sharing open hardware and
designs via free online services
o Open Source Ecology (OSE), a network of farmers, engineers, architects and
supporters striving to manufacture the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS)
o OpenStructures (OSP), a modular construction model where everyone designs on
the basis of one shared geometrical OS grid
 Open manufacturing or "Open Production" or "Design Global, Manufacture Local", a
new socioeconomic production model to openly and collaboratively produce and
distribute physical objects
 Open-source architecture (OSArc), emerging procedures in imagination and formation of
virtual and real spaces within an inclusive universal infrastructure
 Open-source cola, cola soft drinks made to open-sourced recipes
 Open-source hardware, or open hardware, computer hardware, such as microprocessors,
that is designed in the same fashion as open source software
o List of open-source hardware projects
 Open-source product development (OSPD), collaborative product and process openness
of open-source hardware for any interested participants
 Open-source robotics, physical artifacts of the subject are offered by the open design
movement
 Open Source Seed Initiative, open source varieties of crop seeds, as an alternative to
patent-protected seeds sold by large agriculture companies.

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