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An open-source license is a type of license for computer software and other products that allows the source code, blueprint or design to be used, modified and/or shared under defined terms and conditions. This allows end users and commercial companies to review and modify the source code, blueprint or design for their own customization, curiosity or troubleshooting needs. Open-source licensed software is mostly available free of charge, though this does not necessarily have to be the case.

Licenses which only permit non-commercial redistribution or modification of the source code for personal use only are generally not considered as open-source licenses. However, open-source licenses may have some restrictions, particularly regarding the expression of respect to the origin of software, such as a requirement to preserve the name of the authors and a copyright statement within the code, or a requirement to redistribute the licensed software only under the same license (as in a copyleft license). There has previously been debates about whether open source licenses, which permit copyholders to use, transfer, and modify software, have adequate consideration, should be viewed by the courts as legally enforceable contracts. While some academics have argued that open source licenses are not contracts because there is no consideration, others have argued that the significant societal value provided by the role that open source licenses play in promoting software development and improvement by facilitating access to source code offers adequate consideration.

One popular set of open-source software licenses are those approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) based on their Open Source Definition (OSD).

INFO: Full form for OSL is Operating System Loader in Computing category
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The Open Software License (OSL) is a software license created by Lawrence Rosen. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has certified it as an open-source license, but the Debian project judged version 1.1 to be incompatible with the DFSG. The OSL is a copyleft license, with a termination clause triggered by filing a lawsuit alleging patent infringement.

Many people in the free software / open-source community feel that software patents are harmful to software, and are particularly harmful to open-source software. The OSL attempts to counteract that by creating a pool of software which a user can use if that user does not harm it by attacking it with a patent lawsuit.

INFO: Full form for OSL is Open Source Learning in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for OSL is Open Source Law in Computing category
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Open Source Lab may refer to:

INFO: Full form for OSL is Object Selection Language in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for OSL is Optimization Solutions Library in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for OSL is OHBA Software Library in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for FPC is Floating Point Calculation in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for FPC is Floating Point Co-Processor in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for FPC is Fujitsu Pc in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for FPC is Fine Pitch Connector in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for FPC is Floating Point Calls in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for FPC is Future Programming Contest in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for CLF is Cache Line Flush in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for CLIM is Compaq/Lotus/Intel/Microsoft in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for CLIM is Cluster Input-Output Module in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for ERR is Error Log File in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for EPI is Espace Public Internet in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for CFE is Cryptoforge Encrypted File in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for CFE is Control Flow Error in Computing category
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INFO: Full form for CFE is Computer Face Engineered in Computing category
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