An Introduction toAn Introduction toOpen Source SoftwareOpen Source Software

Michael SauersTechnology Innovation LibrarianNebraska Library Commission

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To be Open Source it must To be Open Source it must have…have…Free Redistribution (sort of)Source CodeDerivitive WorksIntegrity of The Author's Source CodeNo Discrimination Against Persons or

GroupsDistribution of LicenseLicense Must Not Be Specific to a

ProductLicense Must Not Restrict Other

SoftwareLicense Must Be Technology-Neutral

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Why now?Why now?

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/“Linux is a cancer”–Steve Balmer, Microsoft CEO

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Thank you!Thank you!

Michael SauersTechnology Innovation LibrarianNebraska Library Commission

msauers@nlc.state.ne.us

Special thanks to Julian Clark of theGeorgetown University Law Library

for content and inspiration.