Understand the philosophy and practice of creating software without traditional licensing restrictions and protections.
Copyright law: A set of laws that gives the creator of an original work the exclusive right to control how it is used and distributed.
Patent law: A set of laws that give inventors the exclusive right to control how their invention is used and distributed.
Trademark law: A set of laws that protect a company or business's brand name, logo, and slogans.
Creative Commons: A nonprofit organization that provides a set of copyright licenses that allow creators to share their work with others while retaining some rights.
Free software: Software that can be used, copied, modified, and distributed by anyone without any restrictions.
Open source software: Software that can be used, copied, modified, and distributed by anyone while meeting certain criteria, such as providing access to the source code.
Copyleft: A legal concept that allows software to be freely copied and distributed, but requires that it remains free and open source.
GNU: A project initiated by Richard Stallman to develop a free and open-source operating system.
Apache Software Foundation: A nonprofit organization that supports the development of open source software, with a focus on the Apache web server.
Linux: An open-source operating system that is widely used in servers, desktop computers, and mobile devices.
Open Hardware: The application of open source principles to the field of hardware design, allowing anyone to study, modify and distribute hardware designs.
Open content: Creative works that can be freely used, shared, and modified by anyone.
Open data: Data that is freely available and can be used, shared, and modified by anyone.
Creative commons zero: A license that allows creators to waive their copyright and related rights to their work, dedicating it to the public domain.
Open educational resources: Free and open access educational materials that can be used, remixed, and shared by educators, learners, and anyone else.
Free software movement: This movement advocates for the freedom to use, share, and modify software without any restrictions.
Open source software movement: This movement is focused on opening up the source code of software, allowing others to review, modify, and share it.
Open hardware movement: This movement is focused on making the design specifications of physical products freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute.
Open data movement: This movement advocates for the free and open access to data, as well as the ability to use, reuse, and distribute it without any restrictions.
Open access movement: This movement is focused on making academic research and other intellectual works freely accessible to everyone, without the barriers of cost or licensing restrictions.
Creative Commons movement: This movement provides alternative copyright licenses that allow creators to share their works more freely, while still retaining some control over how their works are used.
Open education movement: This movement advocates for the free and open sharing of educational resources, including online courses, textbooks, and other materials.
Open science movement: This movement is focused on creating more collaborative and transparent scientific research, and making scientific data and publications freely available to everyone.
Open government movement: This movement is focused on making government data and information more accessible to the public, allowing for greater transparency and accountability.
Open source hardware movement: This movement advocates for the open sharing of hardware designs, making it possible for anyone to create, modify, or distribute hardware products.