From 8ff2ffa6f34c017c29004090fad9ce20d205c87b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Pearce Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:56:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add what open means in OSS Signed-off-by: Jan Pearce --- source/sec_oss_what_it_is.ptx | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/sec_oss_what_it_is.ptx b/source/sec_oss_what_it_is.ptx index ac8905a7..a5cb3dfa 100644 --- a/source/sec_oss_what_it_is.ptx +++ b/source/sec_oss_what_it_is.ptx @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ What is Open Source Software?

- Open Source Software (OSS), also sometimes referred to as Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), is distributed under a license that grants users the freedom to run, study, modify, and share the software and its source code with anyone, for any purpose. Note that the "free" in FOSS is related to these freedoms of what one is permitted to do with the source code as opposed to being free of cost, which it might, or might not, be — more on this topic in the remainder of this chapter. +Open source software (OSS) which is also called Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is source code made freely available for possible modification and/or redistribution, depending upon the specific licensing. +Open source software is distributed under a license that grants users the freedom to run, study, modify, and share the software and its source code with anyone, for any purpose. Note that the "free" in FOSS is related to these freedoms of what one is permitted to do with the source code as opposed to being free of cost, which it might, or might not, be — more on this topic in the remainder of this chapter.