World Congress 2025

What Makes Open Source Work: Licensing and Beyond

July 11, 2025 09:40 – 10:10 · 30 min Stage 1
culture open source

What this session covers

The term “Open Source” typically refers to the license a project uses, but is having an Open Source license sufficient for a project to embody all the values commonly associated with Open Source Software? Perhaps not. In this presentation, we will discuss what other aspects of a Project need to be assessed for long-term adoption. This includes factors like the availability of binaries and quality documentation, governance structure, community size and activity, along with several other important criteria.

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