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'''''The Open Source Definition''''' is a document published by the [[Open Source Initiative]], to determine whether a software license can be labeled with the "Open Source Initiative approved" certification mark.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.php |title=Open Source Certification |last=Raymond |first=Eric S. |author-link=Eric S. Raymond |date=June 16, 1999 |website=[[Open Source Initiative]] |access-date=November 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032457/https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.php |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>United States Trademark Registration 78,813,707</ref>
 
== History ==
 
The definition was taken from the exact text of the [[Debian Free Software Guidelines]], written and adapted primarily by [[Bruce Perens' Open Source Series|Bruce Perens]]<ref name=":0" /> with input from the Debian developers on a private Debian mailing list. The document was created 9 months before the formation of the Open Source Initiative.
 
== Definition ==