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A few weeks ago I wrote a very simple one-page document at work to try to help some folks in our organization (and some folks we deal with outside of it) understand exactly what open source means. I kept hearing the term used and I wasn’t totally convinced that those folks actually understood what it meant. I shared this with a couple friends who have told me that they thought it was pretty good – so why not share it with everyone? OK, I will. Warning: I don’t use terms like “Free/Open Source” or “GNU/Linux” because I prefer readability.

The document is under Creative Commons attribution share-alike so if you want to use it, do so. Want to change it, do so. I’d love to see any changes you make if you have the time. Again, it was written with a specific audience and you may want to tailor it to yours.

You may read it here or grab an Open Documents Format here.[ODF plug-in for Word available here]