The Open Source Definition allows licenses to restrict the distribution of modified source code only if the license permits the distribution of 'patch files' for build-time modification. Licenses must explicitly permit the distribution of software built from modified source code and may require derived works to carry a different name or version number than the original software.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Open Source Initiative
  The Open Source Definition

Sources

• The Open Source Definition opensource.org Open Source Initiative via serper
• The Open Source Definition (Annotated) opensource.org Open Source Initiative via serper

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• source code concept
• The Open Source Definition concept