From a0d1e3ef76e775749f9b7f646b3e3d0c32410ae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roan Kattouw Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:38:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Add bullet point about reuse of existing open source software --- index.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index d726753..51b7733 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -1168,6 +1168,13 @@ This section covers topics related to open source. For programming languages and build tools, any OSI-approved license should be okay; they need not be copyleft. +* Reuse of existing open source libraries, tools and software is encouraged. + Any such pre-existing third-party code used should be available under + an OSI-approved license, but need not be copyleft. If modifications to + third-party code are developed, and the original third-party code has + a different license than the main software's license, the modifications + should be dual-licensed under both licenses. + * In addition to the software being open source, project documentation should be openly licensed. This includes things like design documents, installation and setup documents, user manuals, and testing documents. -- 2.7.4