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The Open Source Initiative was founded in 1998 to promote shared code

Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond established open-source criteria for software licensing

Following Netscape's announcement to publish the source code for its web browser in 1998, tech leaders created the Open Source Initiative (OSI). OSI established official guidelines defining open-source software licenses, ensuring users can inspect, modify, and redistribute source code freely. Open-source software forms the basis of modern web infrastructure, databases, and frameworks.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Bruce Perens and Eric S. Raymond established open-source criteria for software licensing. The figure is taken from Open Source Initiative, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a technology fact?: Yes. It sits on the Technology shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.