open-source movement

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licensing philosophy social movement software development methodology

The open-source movement is a collaborative software development and licensing philosophy that promotes freely accessible, modifiable, and shareable source code, fostering community-driven innovation and transparency.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
open source movement	3
open-source movement canonical	3
open-source software movement	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T327524 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: open-source movement
Context triple: [Eric Raymond, influenced, open-source movement]

A. free software movement
The free software movement is a social and political campaign that advocates for users’ freedom to run, study, modify, and share software, prominently championed by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation.
B. Free Software, Free Society
Free Software, Free Society is a collection of essays by Richard Stallman that articulates the philosophy, ethics, and political implications of the free software movement.
C. OpenCourseWare movement
The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.
D. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
E. Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: open-source movement
Target entity description: The open-source movement is a collaborative software development and licensing philosophy that promotes freely accessible, modifiable, and shareable source code, fostering community-driven innovation and transparency.

A. free software movement
The free software movement is a social and political campaign that advocates for users’ freedom to run, study, modify, and share software, prominently championed by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation.
B. Free Software, Free Society
Free Software, Free Society is a collection of essays by Richard Stallman that articulates the philosophy, ethics, and political implications of the free software movement.
C. OpenCourseWare movement
The OpenCourseWare movement is a global initiative in which universities and educators freely share course materials and educational resources online to promote open access to knowledge.
D. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
E. Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes computer users' freedom and defends the rights of all software users through advocacy, licensing, and development of free software.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	licensing philosophy ⓘ social movement ⓘ software development methodology ⓘ
advocates	interoperability ⓘ open development processes in government and public sector ⓘ open standards ⓘ vendor independence ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	Apache Software Foundation ⓘ Canonical Ltd. ⓘ Debian Project ⓘ linked to: Debian Eclipse Foundation ⓘ Free Software Foundation ⓘ Linux Foundation ⓘ Mozilla Foundation ⓘ Open Source Initiative ⓘ Red Hat ⓘ
coinedTerm	open source ⓘ
coinedTermInYear	1998 ⓘ
criticizedFor	maintainer burnout ⓘ sustainability challenges ⓘ unequal corporate influence ⓘ
emergedIn	1990s ⓘ
encourages	code sharing ⓘ collaborative software development ⓘ community-driven innovation ⓘ forking and branching of projects ⓘ transparent development processes ⓘ
hasCorePrinciple	access to source code ⓘ collaborative development ⓘ freedom to modify software ⓘ freedom to redistribute software ⓘ meritocracy ⓘ peer review ⓘ transparency ⓘ
hasEconomicModel	crowdfunding ⓘ dual licensing ⓘ open core ⓘ sponsorship and donations ⓘ support and services ⓘ
hasImpactOn	cloud computing ⓘ mobile operating systems ⓘ programming languages ⓘ software industry ⓘ web infrastructure ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Bruce Perens ⓘ Eric S. Raymond ⓘ linked to: Eric Raymond Lawrence Lessig ⓘ Linus Torvalds ⓘ Richard Stallman ⓘ Tim O'Reilly ⓘ
hasNotableProject	Android operating system ⓘ linked to: Android Apache HTTP Server ⓘ linked to: Apache Software Foundation GNU operating system ⓘ linked to: GNU userland Git ⓘ Kubernetes ⓘ LibreOffice ⓘ Linux kernel ⓘ Mozilla Firefox ⓘ MySQL ⓘ PHP ⓘ PostgreSQL ⓘ Python programming language ⓘ linked to: Python
influenced	open access movement ⓘ linked to: free culture movement open data movement ⓘ open government movement ⓘ open hardware movement ⓘ open science movement ⓘ
influencedBy	free software movement ⓘ
opposes	proprietary software restrictions ⓘ
promotes	open-source software ⓘ
relatedConcept	collaborative innovation ⓘ commons-based peer production ⓘ knowledge commons ⓘ peer production ⓘ
relatedTo	free software movement ⓘ
reliesOn	distributed collaboration tools ⓘ version control systems ⓘ
supportsLicense	Apache License ⓘ linked to: Apache License 2.0 BSD licenses ⓘ linked to: BSD license GNU General Public License ⓘ MIT License ⓘ Mozilla Public License ⓘ linked to: MPL 2.0
supportsLicenseType	copyleft licenses ⓘ permissive licenses ⓘ
usesDefinitionFrom	Open Source Definition ⓘ linked to: Open Source Initiative
usesInfrastructure	code review systems ⓘ issue trackers ⓘ mailing lists ⓘ public code hosting platforms ⓘ

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