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The Open Source Definition requires that the source code be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program.”
The Open Source Definition, Open Source Initiative, Open Source Initiative, 2024, Criterion 2, Source Code.
Open the original- What it measures
- Criterion 2 of the Open Source Definition, which also forbids deliberately obfuscated source code.
- What it does not show
- The definition describes what open source means. A repository that calls itself open source should still be checked against it.