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"Source Code"

As per the OSI:

"The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form.  Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost preferably, downloading via the Internet without charge.  The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program.  Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed.  Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed.

Rationale

We require access to un-obfuscated source code because you can't evolve programs without modifying them.  Since our purpose is to make evolution easy, we require that modification be made easy."

http://www.opensource.org/osd.html

 
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