I've just redefined « open source ». By rewriting entirely the firsts introduction sentences of open source in Wikipedia. Following years old complaints from the community regarding the scope and lack of focus of the page.
Page link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Let's see what may survive... I need now to let it stabilize and see where community debates may lead.
Tried to do my best to introduce this complex, conflictual and evolutive notion. It is far from a trivial task where every word must be carefully considered and will be scrutinised.
There are multiple layers to take care about:
1/ Open source as a practice of making source code available
2/ One dominant view based on the Open Source Definition, but other conflictual usages of the term
3/ An expansion of the concept beyond software (source files/design documents)
4/ (Open) collaborative practices implicitly associated (not considered for now, I leave it to the old confusing content)
I started with the core and most common understanding, based on the Open Source Definition and Open Source Initiative interpretation.
Then I introduce the controversy within the software community to encompass the different points of view and interpretations. This is about neutrality regarding terminology usage (and I think this "neutrality" requirement may be a precious help to resist OSD/OSI proponents).
OSD/OSI was not clearly present before; I wish that shedding light on them may contribute to deconstruct their position overtime.
The open source page covers already various applications of open source terminology, therefore I explain how it extends beyond software.
« Open source » is a very politically charged term. I expect debate, disagreement and potentially conflicts to improve it. I hope it will be a powerful basis to enable discussions to bring creative destruction.
This is a fluid terminology and Wikipedia is, in a way, conservative. I hope this lays a solid foundation for supporting this semantic evolution.
I'm wondering if Wikipedia may be one of the best places to debate over the meaning of « open source ». « Open source » is commonly referred as software but is not about software, so here we are đ€·
Work related to the citizen research « Open Source 2.0 : From Open Source Software to Open Source Resources? » : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20237079
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