What is Open Source and How Does It Work? | Definition from TechTarget

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This spurred the creation of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and included David Knuths TeX typesetting program in 1979 and Richard Stallmans GNU operating system in 1983. For example, Microsoft Windows executive Jim Allchin stated in 2001 that the OSI was an "intellectual property destroyer." As mentioned previously, open source has played a large role in the software development community. This criticism often is focused on the lack of regulation that can open the door to numerous legal issues. In 2008, a U.S. federal appeals court determined that OSS licenses must have legally binding requirements for any use of copyrighted material.

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