For over 20 years the Open Source Initiative OSI has worked to raise awareness and adoption of open source software, and build bridges between open source communities of practice. As a global non-profit , the OSI champions software freedom in society through education, collaboration, and infrastructure, stewarding the Open Source Definition OSD , and preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source movement. Open source software is made by many people and distributed under an OSD-compliant license which grants all the rights to use, study, change, and share the software in modified and unmodified form.
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It should be very easy to to comply with that license. But if you are in serious doubt about whether you are complying, consult with a lawyer. I wrote about interpreting software licenses a while ago. You might find that helpful. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 10 years, 7 months ago. Active 4 years, 11 months ago. Viewed 15k times. Improve this question. Hounddog J. C If you distribute any portion of the software, you must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices that are present in the software.
D If you distribute any portion of the software in source code form, you may do so only under this license by including a complete copy of this license with your distribution.
If you distribute any portion of the software in compiled or object code form, you may only do so under a license that complies with this license. E The software is licensed "as-is. The contributors give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws which this license cannot change.
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