The value of open source

Open source is known to be much more than the available code itself and there 10 are factors that influence the open source of a project.

1. free distribution — this means that the code received from the open source is to create an ecosystem that is upon the work of others. this is important as I believe it allows to be reachable to users.
2. must include source code — this would mean that without the code it would not have benefits and it would not be an open source
3. it must allow derived works, this means that without allowing this ability, the value of open source would not be beneficial
4. the integrity of the authors’s code must be kept as it prevents the licensing from being distributed in modified form meaning that it could be plagiarised
5. no discrimination against individuals and no discrimination against fields on endeavour. due to the fact this is an open source and is accessible to any user
6. distribution if only license required to secure rights — the rights attached must be applicable to the program redistributed without the presence of third parties
7. license must not be specific to the product. in case it did, it would resemble code subject to a closed source and cannot depend on another open source based project
8. license must not restrict other software — the user is free to include their source with proprietary code and does not require opening the entire project
9. license must be unbiased