From 62c2434421d8f0e0d13f1fb110ba6b6cb8d6911c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 13:46:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Adjust definition of DOSP as per recent discussion --- README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4392f0d..7072974 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Research on *delayed open source publication* (DOSP): the practice of -publishing a software release under a proprietary license, then later -publishing that release's source code under an open source license. +publishing a software release under a proprietary license initially, +then later (usually in a planned fashion) publishing that release's +source code under an open source license. While delayed open source publication been somewhat rare, there are some examples of it across the history of open source -- in fact, some -- GitLab