Talk:Open-source model

Yes, but what IS open source?

This article fails to address (or at least conceals the answer to) a key question:

What actually MAKES a program open source? For example, if a program is NOT open source, what prevents me from viewing and editing it as a text file?

This question is what brought me to this article. In my opinion, it is more than a key question. It is THE a key question. ---Dagme (talk) 17:10, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Copyright is what prevents you from (legally) editing and/or redistributing the program. So what makes a program open source is that the copyright holder has granted the legal permission to do so, using a license that fulfils the the Open Source Definition.

With some technologies, you also cannot just view the pgoram as a text file because it has been compiled to machine code. In that case, there is also the practical issue of getting access to the source code in the first place.

And yes, I agree that this article is not very helpful. I feel that's because it's too abstract and tries to cover topics ranging from software to fashion. The article specifically about Open-source software is better in that regard. --Tobias K. (talk) 13:48, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Improved open source disambiguation (that may become a broad concept article)

"Open source" (without dash, with dash, and disambiguation) are now redirected to the improved Open source disambiguation which may become a WP:broad concept article to reduce the extreme number of disambiguation-link alarms. Please read more on the latest developments on Talk:Open source and feel free to improve Open source. ~ JasonCarswell (talk) 17:07, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Editing a table within this page

Hi Folks,

I came across this wiki page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_model#Economics and within the table, a company called 'Sauce Labs' is described as the leading company for Selenium (as seen in the table). That being said, the citation used - https://www.battery.com/powered/boss-index-tracking-explosive-growth-open-source-software/ clearly mentions BrowserStack and Sauce Labs. Could you guide me on the best way of incorporating 'BrowserStack' into the table? I am a novice and want to be cautious as there is also a conflict of interest (I work for BrowserStack).

Thank you.

SManiar (talk) 16:01, 10 October 2019 (UTC)