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Delayed Open Source Publication -- Report
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 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
While delayed open source publication
has
been somewhat rare, there are
some examples of it across the history of open source -- in fact, some
of the examples (e.g., Aladdin Ghostscript) predate the coining of the
term "open source". To the best of our knowledge, when software
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@@ -12,31 +12,31 @@ way. For example, when release N goes out under a proprietary
license, release N-1 is then (re)published under an open source
license.
This repository is a collection of research, and eventually a
whitepaper, about various examples of DOSP and show how they are alike
or different. We will also analyze the effects (if any) of this
practice generally on open source as a field. Our purpose is to
provide accurate historical description and objective analysis; our
work here represents no position on the desirability or undesirability
of delayed open source publication.
This repository is a collection of research, and a resultant
[
whitepaper
](
https://opensource.org/delayed-open-source-publication
)
,
about various examples of DOSP and show how they are alike or
different. We also analyze the effects (if any) of this practice
generally on open source as a field. Our purpose is to provide
accurate historical description and objective analysis; our work here
represents no position on the desirability or undesirability of
delayed open source publication.
This research is supported by the
[
Open Source Initiative
(OSI)
](
https://opensource.org/
)
.
This research was supported by the
[
Open Source Initiative
(OSI)
](
https://opensource.org/
)
. The report is now completed and
published at
[
opensource.org/delayed-open-source-publication
](
https://opensource.org/delayed-open-source-publication
)
.
## Terminology
We are not necessarily settled on the term "delayed open source
publication". If you can suggest a better term for the phenomenon,
please let us know.
## Contributing
## Contacting us
You can email us at
`dosp-research {_AT_} opensource.org`
or
[
file a
ticket
](
https://code.librehq.com/ots/dosp-research/-/issues/new
)
to
contact us.
contact us. While we occasionally indulge in light maintenance and
error correction in the LaTeX source, that's infrequent and done
entirely at our discretion. We may prepare an updated second edition
some day; if you're interested in being involved in that, please let
us know.
## Building the whitepaper PDF from LaTeX source
To build the whitepaper from LaTeX source, you will need to use
[
OTS
DocTools
](
https://code.librehq.com/ots/ots-doctools
)
.
**
*
Note that
the whitepaper is still a work in progress. Please do not cite the
draft nor quote from it in public forums yet.
**
*
We'll remove
this notice when the paper is ready for publication.
To build the whitepaper from LaTeX source, use
[
OTS
DocTools
](
https://code.librehq.com/ots/ots-doctools
)
.
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