Unlike the Open Source Initiative (OSI), GitHub do not define open source as a software topic.
This definition follows a discussion where they end up with this conclusion : « What we’ve been calling open source, may in fact be something else, especially when we start to use those workflows to collaborate on things beyond code. »
10 years ago, the organization tried to define the concept of open source for a new glossary as there is no definition of the concept to which we can refer (the OSI's "Open Source Definition" not being a definition).
Their initial definition was criticized by Karl Fogel, one major open software author who wrote the book « Producing Open Source Software ».
It started with some debates around the right to contribute.
In the meantime, Ben Balter a worker at GitHub was writing a blog post on his website around the issue.
The following question come up : « Can we call this blog post open source? ».
The blog being published on his personal website with markdown source files edited (collaboratively) trough GitHub.
Karl Fogel's answer: « Well, I think that's an easy one: yes, it's open source. »
The title of the article reflect the conclusion : « Open source, not just software anymore » : https://ben.balter.com/2014/01/27/open-collaboration/
For the author, this represents the collapse of an entire belief system, which has led to the largest open software hosting platform not considering open source as a software subject.
Since then we see this idea of open source beyond software being more formalized like with the notion of « open source educational resources », these open educational resources (OER) that would provide their source files. [https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14330 + https://jose.theoj.org/about]
In fact, outside the popular belief there is no evidence that open source is a software topic. « The internet has noticed that you tried to define “open source” », but not the Open Source Initiative.
Do you believe that the « open source community » understand « open source » ? It's probably just an illusion driven by the OSI, the reality is surely that nobody clearly understands this concept.
Towards open source 2.0, from open source software to open source resources ? Liberated from the irrelevant Open Source Definition and its broken lighthouse.
Github's glossary: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/github-glossary#open-source
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Como descomprimir archivos comprimidos en .rar en Trisquel, siendo "unrar" software no libre. También como visualizar Comics con extensión cbr, usando programas descargados de Flatpak (Flathub).
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Die #US-Webseite #ANDROID #AUTHORITY hat einen Beitrag veröffentlicht, dem zufolge #Google eine Entscheidung getroffen hat, die massiven Einfluss auf das #Android #OpenSoftware Projekt haben wird.
Um die #Android-Betriebssystementwicklung zu vereinfachen, wird #Google keine zwei #Entwicklungszweige mehr betreiben.
Added Simplified Chinese and Portuguese(Brazil) languages to my Open Source game. But some strings are translated used Deepl.
If you are fluent on any of those languages and want to contribute, by reviewing the strings, this is the CSV file: https://github.com/Eibriel/RobotAnomaly/blob/main/localization/localization.csv
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