free and open source software movement

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The free and open source software movement is a global social and technological initiative that promotes software whose source code is openly available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, emphasizing user freedom, collaboration, and community-driven development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf social movement
software development movement
technology movement
aimsTo empower users over software vendors
enable collaborative innovation
increase software transparency
reduce software vendor lock-in
associatedWithConcept bazaar development model
copyleft
digital rights
open collaboration
open standards
peer production
software commons
associatedWithLicense Apache License NERFINISHED
BSD licenses NERFINISHED
GNU General Public License NERFINISHED
GNU Lesser General Public License NERFINISHED
MIT License NERFINISHED
Mozilla Public License NERFINISHED
emphasizes collaborative software development
community-driven development
meritocratic contribution models
peer review of code
transparency in software
hasAlternativeName FLOSS movement NERFINISHED
FOSS movement NERFINISHED
free and open-source software movement
hasGlobalScope true
hasKeyValue community governance
interoperability
security through transparency
sharing of knowledge
user autonomy
includesSubmovement free software movement
open source movement
influencedBy Unix culture
academic software sharing traditions
hacker culture
influences open access movement
open data movement
open education movement
open hardware movement
isBasedOn free software principles
open source principles
opposes digital rights management in software
proprietary software restrictions
promotes open access to source code
software freedom
user rights to modify software
user rights to redistribute software
user rights to run software for any purpose
user rights to study software
relatedToOrganization Apache Software Foundation NERFINISHED
Electronic Frontier Foundation NERFINISHED
Free Software Foundation NERFINISHED
Linux Foundation NERFINISHED
Open Source Initiative NERFINISHED
supportsDevelopmentModel distributed version control
issue tracking and bug reporting by users
public code repositories
usesLicenseType copyleft licenses
permissive open source licenses

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Mark Surman movement free and open source software movement